Many parents (natural, foster, and adoptive) can become confused about what a "Guardianship" is in the Rhode Island Family Court. When a child is placed into DCYF custody in The State of Rhode Island, the Family Court judge assigned to…
It was during my fifth meeting with a certain client that I noticed he had a massive book under his armpit with the tips of the pages all glossed. I could not see the binding. My guess was that he…
Everyone has experienced 2020 a little bit differently. I fully realize that my year, fraught though it has been with business interruptions, cash flow concerns, the closing of cinemas, general isolation, listening to too many podcasts and concerns for friends…
Hear me out readers - given the horrors of 2020 marriage has become a bit of an Olympic sport. It ain't for the untrained. So many marriages are under extraordinary strain from without and within. From grandma, from CNN, from…
Parents who suffer a bitter break-up often struggle to communicate as well as they would like, or as their child may require. To the parents, this is a natural fact of life. After all, for every reaction there is an…
My Family Court firm has had a surge of calls about divorcing parties regarding what constitutes abandonment. Abandonment in the context of a R.I. divorce action means specifically an allegation that one parent voluntarily left the marital home where at…
First of all, lovely Friday to you. To celebrate the weekend I have an unanswerable question for you about our darling children. As a Family Law attorney focusing on child custody I am well-placed to agonize over why children do…
The Family Court can't help you understand that the breakdown of your marriage was not your fault, and it was not anyone else's fault either. The Family Court can't grant you the belief that you did all that you could…
The R.I. House & Senate have now passed a final version of the R.I.U.P.A., or Rhode Island Uniform Parentage Act. Governor Raimondo is expected to sign the legislation, which will allow for same-sex couples who have a child via surrogacy,…
As I waited in line at the Family Court clerk's office to file an ex-parte case with the patience of a Nichiren Buddhist monk, the gentleman and scholar directly in front of me was having himself a moment. Causing quite…