Attorney Alan Paulk

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Hague Convention on International Child Abduction

October 3, 2011

Suppose you aren’t getting along with your spouse and you think there will be a custody battle and a divorce in the near future. Your spouse is one step ahead of you and skips the divorce part entirely by just leaving with your children out of the country! This happens more than you’d think. I [...]

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You can’t divorce him if he never divorced his previous wife.

July 10, 2011

A recent caller described a horrifying predicament. Her “husband” may not be her husband after all. Doubts started when he couldn’t get a marriage license due to his not being able to produce any divorce papers from his first marriage. They had a ceremonial marriage anyway, planning on sorting out the mess afterwards. Two years [...]

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Alimony and Remarriage

June 6, 2011

Had a wonderfully interesting question posed recently: My ex is getting remarried July 9th. Our decree states that when she remarries my obligation to the alimony stops. She has quit her job and is moving to Utah with this guy she is marrying. However, she recently informed me that they are only having a wedding [...]

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Custody disputes while still married.

May 25, 2011

The laws and court cases involving custody issues tend to assume a certain fact across the board- they assume that someone has filed a court action with regard to the children or the marriage. But suppose a married couple is separated but has not filed any court action. How does a dispute over custody of [...]

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