American Journal of Family Law articles from June 2004

American Journal of Family Law archives from June 2004

Family law urban legends.
June 22, 2004... With the proliferation of email and the Internet, so called "urban legends" have a new life. An urban legend is a story mostly mouth-to-mouth, with little, if any, empirical evidence to prove or disprove it. Family law has its own "urban...

Value to the Holder: valuation's nadir?(New Jersey)
June 22, 2004... Some might get the idea that cases such as New Jersey's recent decision in Brown v. Brown, 792 A.2d 463 (N.J. Super. App. Div. 2002), have caused such a radical rethinking and redirection of what we consider the appropriate standard of value...

Cryopreserved embryos: understanding and making choices.
June 22, 2004... The wide-ranging and very public debate over frozen embryos, cloning, and stem cell research can confound the public and professionals alike. This article is intended to discuss the uncertain legal status of, and dispositional choices...

The basics of collaborative family law: a divorce paradigm shift.
June 22, 2004... Collaborative family law (CFL) is a revolutionary approach to divorce that has quickly spread throughout the United States and Canada. (1) Often misunderstood and occasionally maligned, it has the potential to dramatically change the field of...

How to understand and use business valuation reports: an attorney's quick reference.
June 22, 2004... If you are like many attorneys, you probably loathe dealing with business valuators and business valuation reports. One attorney once asked me how many years of medical education we business valuators were required to take. My answer was,...

Cross-examination: the rules of the game.
June 22, 2004... Cross-examination is the litigator's greatest weapon, but properly playing the game requires knowledge of the rules and maximum preparation. An ill-prepared cross-examination is risky. Effective cross-examination is a learned skill, and as in...

Early-stage company valuation. (part 2)
June 22, 2004... This two-part article discusses the legal and financial issues surrounding the valuation of "early stage" companies in the context of a marital dissolution. Part I (in the previous issue of the American Journal of Family Law) reviewed the...

Predicates for presenting proof in property cases.
June 22, 2004... Various general predicates are required in the proof of property issues in divorce litigation. Ten such general predicates are outlined below, including factors affecting the admission and exclusion of each as evidence. BLACKBOARDS/...