Weddings are expensive – but divorces can truly break the bank. Yes, legal fees can be a significant factor, especially in a contested divorce with heated disputes and complex or high-value assets. In general, the less you can agree on, the more you have to litigate, the longer it takes, and the more the…
Launched a decade ago as a subscription social media platform where digital creators could directly monetize their content, OnlyFans (OF) became known primarily as a hub for adult content – especially during Covid lockdowns, when it ballooned from 20 million to 120 million users. Today OF has 240 million users, and its 2 million…
California has long been at the vanguard of divorce law. In 1851, as a brand new state, it adopted comparatively broad grounds for divorce (e.g., adultery, extreme cruelty, habitual intemperance, desertion, failure to support, conviction of a felony), and was one of the first to enshrine community property rules. In 1969, under Governor Ronald…
“Starter marriage” – the term seems to have first shown up as one of the stylized footnotes in Douglas Coupland’s 1991 novel Generation X. Then, a 1994 New York Times article by Deborah Schupack explored its meaning. In ‘Starter’ Marriages: So Early, So Brief, Schupack loosely defines them as “brief, early marriages that end…
Most of us have grown so accustomed to using various forms of artificial intelligence in daily life that we hardly think of it as AI anymore. Many common tools – text autocorrect, email “smart replies,” GPS maps, content suggestions in your social media feed, streaming platforms that list movies and music “just for you”…
“Truth,” as Lord Byron famously said, “is stranger than fiction” — and sometimes as disturbing as a gothic crime tale. An idea once known mostly as a 19th-century short story — “An Alpine Divorce” by Scottish-Canadian author Robert Barr — has gained sudden social media attention for its apparent real-life version. In the story,…
Schoenberg Family Law Group, P.C., recognizes that family law matters involve complex, sensitive issues that can have a lasting impact on you, your family, your finances and your future.
