The Missouri General Assembly has been looking at making shared custody the default custody position. Shared custody means that both parents have equal decision making…
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We receive a number of inquiries every month about the impact of cohabitation on a maintenance award, and we thought we would take a moment…
In Missouri, maintenance terminates on certain conditions, most commonly the death or remarriage of the party receiving maintenance. In Kunce v. Kunce, the Western District…
In Missouri, maintenance awards obligate a greater-earning spouse to cover the shortfall between the income and reasonable and necessary expenses of the lesser-earning spouse. While…
In a recent article in Forbes, Emma Johnson argues that judges look “with suspicion” at requests for maintenance and expect women to work, thereby negating…
It happens more often than you may think – a couple have a child together but never marry, have some difficulties and separate, one parent…
When parents go to court to establish a child support order, the parents generally have two ways to proceed in determining the support amount. First,…
In an interesting article, USA Today details the progress of the shared parenting movement and how it may revolutionize family law. Currently, most states give…
Many of you may remember a political rising star by the name of Mark Sanford. He was governor of South Carolina and very popular when,…
This week, the Eastern District of the Missouri Court of Appeals handed down its decision in Pasternak v. Pasternak, and gave further guidance to individuals…