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Key Takeaways Trial preparation starts long before the hearing date. A strong Maine divorce trial is usually built through financial disclosure, discovery, witness preparation, valuation work, and careful identification of the issues the judge must decide. The judge...
Key Takeaways Simply having evidence does not guarantee admission. A text message, photograph, financial record, or recording may seem important, but a party must still satisfy Connecticut's rules concerning relevance, authentication, hearsay, and other evidentiary...
Key Takeaways Credibility can decide important family law issues. When spouses or parents give conflicting accounts, a Maine family court judge may need to determine which testimony is more reliable before deciding issues involving children, finances, or other...
Testifying in a Massachusetts divorce or family law case is difficult for almost anyone. Even calm, intelligent, successful people often become nervous once they are sworn in under oath and asked to testify in open court. Many people assume the hardest part is...
One of the most misunderstood parts of divorce and custody litigation is credibility. People often assume family court cases are decided purely by documents, statutes, or technical legal arguments. Those things certainly matter. But in many contested divorce and...