Author: Lee Borden

Divorce is not permitted in two countries, the Vatican and the Philippines. One has to assume the Vatican is not going to change anytime soon, no matter how strong the Winds of St Francis blow. The Philippines is another matter. Continue reading “Will the Philippines Legalize Divorce?”

This one just makes you cry. Then it makes you angry. Then it makes you cry some more. Continue reading “Child Support Charged Years After the Child Died”

A judge in Madison County has granted the same-sex divorce she denied a year ago. Madison County Circuit Judge Karen Hall signed the divorce decree yesterday. Continue reading “Same-Sex Divorce Comes to Alabama”

The Supreme Court in the United Kingdom has authorized a woman divorced 30 years ago to seek a financial settlement from her Ex. Here’s the story about it in the Guardian.  Continue reading “UK Supreme Court Clears Way For Marital Claim 30 Years After Divorce”

A Nebraska state senator has introduced a bill that would encourage family court judges to favor parenting plans calling for at least 35% of the child’s time to be spent with the non-custodial parent. Continue reading “Nebraska Bill Would Encourage More Equal Parenting”

This is why regular people always cringe when public officials draw lines in the sand. They know it is they who will lose in the end. Continue reading “The Next Shot in the Alabama Same-Sex Marriage Skirmish”

What does it mean to be Catholic and divorced? For approximately 28 million divorced Catholics, it’s a nagging and uncomfortable question. Continue reading “Vatican Rethinking How It Treats Divorced Catholics”

I launched Divorceinfo.com in December of 1996 using something called the “Internet.” Honestly, I was there. I remember we said stuff like that then. Continue reading “Divorceinfo.com is Evolving”

I guess it was inevitable. Given who we are and how we feel about same sex marriage, it is Alabama who spits in the punch bowl and refuses to go along with the wave of same-sex marriage acceptance sweeping the nation. Sigh. Continue reading “Alabama Supreme Court Defies Federal Court Ruling”

I am delighted to report that the first stage of the conversion of Divorceinfo.com is complete. Continue reading “Welcome to the new Divorceinfo.com”

Here during late February and early March, 2015, I’m in the process of liberating my main site, Divorceinfo.com, from Microsoft FrontPage, the obsolete platform in which it has been captive for too many years. Continue reading “Please Bear With Me . . .”

This one’s obviously designed to garner headlines, and it seems to be working. The ambitiously named National Parents Organization has issued “report cards” for the parenting statutes of each state, finding nearly half those statutes – including Alabama’s – deserve a “D.” Here’s one of the articles about it. Continue reading “What Does It Mean that Alabama’s Parenting Statutes Rate a “D”?”

Now it seems every Alabama family lawyer will be advising his or her client to spend down that retirement account on family expenses during separation. Continue reading “Spending Down Retirement During Separation”

The lesson for trial judges in divorce is clear: when in doubt, set aside a default judgement if the defendant appears within a reasonable time, regardless of the 30 day deadline. Continue reading “Play It Safe – Set Aside the Default”

I can’t tell you Dad wasn’t sincere. I can’t even tell you that he wasn’t guessing the future accurately. What I can tell you is that he’s in extremely good company. Continue reading ““But I’m Planning To Make Less Later!””

The information is listed below for each case, in order of the case’s confidential Client ID. Continue reading “Key Status Data”

The US has the highest divorce rate in the world – with about 43% of marriages ending in divorce. Now we have new information about the rate at which aging baby boomers divorce. Continue reading “How We Boomers Are Changing Divorce in America”

There’s an interesting article in the NY Times this morning about the apparently shameful business of investing in people’s divorces. Hard for me to get too worked up about it. Continue reading ““Profiting From Divorce””

Did the Alabama Supreme Court know what it was doing when it issued this ruling? It really doesn’t matter now. With apologies to the late Roy Scheider, we’re gonna need a bigger court. Continue reading “A Breathtaking Expansion of Juvenile Court Jurisdiction”

As part of her “Access to Justice” initiative, Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Sue Bell Cobb is preparing to seek a reallocation of judgeships among Alabama counties. She knows she’s walking into a buzz saw, so she is intentionally tiptoeing in slowly, and she wants lots of company. She wants to make sure the bench (judges) and bar are on record as supporting her initiative before she spends her precious political capital on it. Continue reading “Balancing Judgeships in Alabama”