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2023
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August
- How Do You Lose in Family Court?
- What do you need to know about the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) in your Family Law Case?
- What To Expect When Hiring a Family Law Attorney
- In Missouri a New Equal Parenting Time Law Is Going Into Effect in August
- Will I Be Responsible for My Spouse’s Debt if I Get Divorced?
- July
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May
- The Reality of Having Your Day in Court And Why Settlement Is Often Better:
- What is a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst (CDFA) and is One Needed for your Case?
- How Does Social Media Affect Divorce?
- Why I Should Have Never Signed the Prenuptial Agreement
- What is Bifurcation in Kansas and How Does it Affect Your Kansas Divorce Case?
- April
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2022
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December
- How Does the Court consider Asset and Debt Division in Kansas?
- Five Reasons to Establish Paternity of Your Child
- How Can You Get 50/50 Physical Custody When You Don’t Currently Have Custody (And Why It May Be Unlikely to Happen)
- Executive Perks and Compensation: How Do We Analyze and Value Some of Intangibles to Make Sure All Compensation is Considered
- Looking Forward to the New Year to Come…a Year of Rebuilding After Divorce or Other Changes in Your Family
- 4 Tips for (Successfully) Co-Parenting Through The Holidays
- Taking Care of Yourself During a Divorce or Other Family Law Matter
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November
- The Importance of Confidentiality Agreements and Protection of Sensitive Business Records in Divorce and Family Law Cases
- A Military Divorce: What is the 20/20/20 Rule?
- What Should You Consider Before Moving out of the Marital Home? Some Advice from a Family Law Attorney In Kanas and Missouri.
- What Should I Expect If My Family Law Case Goes to Trial in Missouri or Kansas?
- Should I Settle Or Go To Trial?
- Estate Planning After a Divorce in Kansas or Missouri- What Do You Need to Know?
- Email and Computer Hacking in Divorce or Family Law Litigation in Kansas and Missouri
- Best Tips For A Successful Divorce Mediation In Kansas Or Missouri
- Marriage and Immigration Fraud: What You Need To Know
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October
- What is a Guardian ad Litem and What is Their Role in Your Family Law Case in Missouri or Kansas?
- What is Economic Abuse and How Does it Affect Your Divorce or Family Law Matter?
- How Does Abandonment Affect My Divorce?
- How Does Marijuana Usage Affect Custody Battles?
- What is the Best Interests of the Children?
- About the Children: Having a Child-Centered Divorce or Custody Case
- How Old Does a Child Have to Be To Choose Which Parent They Want to Live With?
- Should I Do Marriage Counseling During Separation or Divorce?
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September
- How Do You Limit Contact with Your Ex After A Divorce?
- How do you declare your marriage invalid in Kansas or Missouri?
- How Do the Changes in Federal Student Loans and Delayed Repayment to 2023 Affect Family Law Cases?
- How Ordering and Obtaining Documents Can Win Your Family Law Case
- How To Lose Your Case in Family Court
- Why Does Your Annual Social Security Statement Matter to a Divorce Attorney?
- Why Are So Many Millennials Getting Prenuptial Agreements?
- How Do the Courts Divide Assets in A Divorce In Kansas?
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August
- How Do You Prove Domestic Violence In Your Divorce or Protection from Abuse Case?
- How Do I Divorce A Sociopath or Pscyhopath?
- Creative Parenting Plan Solutions
- Why Do Divorces Happen? Four Reasons that Most People Get Divorced (from a Divorce Attorney)
- My Spouse is in the Military and Stopped Paying Spousal Support. What Do I do?
- Experienced Family Law Trial Counsel to Co-Counsel Cases for Trial or Provide Local Counsel for Out-of-State Family Law Attorney
- Can I Be Awarded Attorney's Fees as a Sanction if My Spouse Makes False Child Abuse Allegations?
- When Children With ASD Need a Special Custody Plan
- Revenge Porn: How Can You Legally Address It?
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July
- Big news: An Important new United States Supreme Court Affecting Family Law (and a bonus Federal case)
- If the Other Parent is not Letting Me See My Kids Can I Stop Paying My Child Support?
- Identifying and Dealing with Narcissists, Sociopaths and Other High Conflict Personalities and How to Divorce Them
- Why Do Many Clients Choose a Female Family Law Attorney?
- How Do You Avoid a Custody Battle?
- How Can I Figure Out if My Spouse is Hiding Cryptocurrency In our Divorce
- A Guide to Cryptocurrency in Divorce in Kansas or Missouri
- What if you Believe your child is at Risk for International Abduction?
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June
- A Maintenance Award Must Be Based on Evidence: Doyle v. Doyle, a new case issued by the Southern District Court of Appeals in Mi
- Divorce and Midlife Crisis
- Celebrating Pride Month: Sensitivity in the Legal Process for Children who are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered, Queer
- Personality Disorders in Child Custody Cases
- What is Alcoholism and how does it affect divorce?
- Gaslighting in Divorce
- Helping Queer Children (LGBTQ+) Through Their Parents’ Divorce: In Celebration of Pride Month
- Moore v. Moore, a Western District Court of Appeals opinion entered on May 17, 2022
- A Big Development in Military Retirement Division… Maybe!
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May
- Post-separation Legal Abuse. What is it and how do you know if you’re a victim?
- How does the Kansas Supreme Court case of Schwarz v. Schwarz affect grandparent’s rights in Kansas?
- What Is Borderline Personality Disorder and How Does it Affect Your Family Law Case?
- What Should You Do If You Are Served With a Subpoena?
- What Is a Prenuptial Agreement?
- How Should You Deal with a High Conflict Person if you Anticipate a Divorce or Other Child Custody Case?
- How Do You Deal with Divorcing a Spouse with Borderline Personality?
- Parallel Parenting: When You Have to Co-Parent with a Narcissist
- How is the War in Ukraine Affecting Family Law Cases in Kansas and Missouri?
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April
- Why Is It Important that My Family Law Attorney Knows about Tax Issues?
- How Is Child Custody Decided in Kansas?
- What is a Vocational Rehabilitation Evaluation and When Would you Need One In A Family Law Case?
- How Do You Obtain an Out-of-State Subpoena or Take a Foreign Deposition?
- What Is a Protection from Abuse Order in Kansas?
- What is a Protection from Stalking Order in Kansas and When Do You Need One?
- How Do I Protect Business Assets through a Divorce?
- How Do you Deal With One Spouse Trying to Get an Unfair Advantage in a Divorce Case?
- How Can you Lower the Cost of Your Divorce?
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March
- What are the Legislative Changes in Section 455 RSMo regarding orders of protection in Missouri that happened during the year 20
- How Do I Become a Great Single Parent After Divorce? A Mini-Guide for Parents!
- Corson v. Corson, and Korn, Proposed Intervenor, how does a recent Eastern District, Missouri case affect the burden of grandpar
- Can a Man Be Awarded Spousal Support or Maintenance?
- What is the Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children (ICPC) and How Does it Affect Adoptions in Both Kansas and Missouri
- What Financial Information Should I Put Together to Prepare for a Divorce?
- Do you Need A Financial Plan When Going through a Divorce?
- What if You are Estranged from Your Children? How Should You Reconnect and Enforce Your Parental Rights?
- What are the Steps and Requirements to Complete an Adoption in Kansas?
- Why Fathering Matters?
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February
- What is Triangulation and how can it Damage Your Co-Parenting Relationship?
- What is enmeshment and how can it affect a child custody case
- What is Malicious Parent Syndrome and What Do You Do If It is Affecting Your Family?
- What Should I do If I Need an International Divorce and/or International Service on My Spouse to Commence the Case?
- How Should You Deal with Covid-19 While Co-parenting?
- Why Your Children Need Protection Against Parentification When Parents are Separated or Divorced?
- Should I Hire A Private Investigator for My Divorce or Other Family Law Case?
- What if I am concerned about the other parent or my spouse abducting my child or taking them out of the country without my permi
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January
- When You’re Divorcing: Does Your Attorney Have a Plan?
- What Should You Expect if Your Divorce or other Family Law Case Has to go to Trial?
- What do you do if you believe your children are being alienated and how do you combat it?
- What is a Motion For New Trial and Why Might I Need One?
- What do I do if I was just served with Divorce Papers?
- What Questions Should You Ask Your Divorce Attorney When You Meet?
- How Long Will The Divorce Process Take in Kansas or Missouri?
- What Is a Deposition (and how is it applicable to your divorce or family law matter)?
- When Non-payment of Child Support Risks Driver’s License and Other License Revocation
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December
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2021
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December
- What Happens if I Fail to Respond to a Divorce Filing?
- The Pingel Family Law Team is Recognized for Excellence
- New Year, New You: Is it Time to file for divorce or address other concerns with your current custody arrangement?
- If we are sharing 50/50 custody of our child, why is there still child support?
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