Rhode Island Divorce Tips by Attorney Chris Pearsall

A Tip for Rhode Island Lawyers to Protect Divorce Files and Clients

Protecting yourself and your clients is more than just about the law we know.  Tragedy could strike at any time.  A hard drive quits on you.  Files get corrupted from a sudden surge of electricity.  Files can get lost based upon an immediate loss of power without proper battery backup systems.  This should be a concern of lawyers in Rhode Island practicing divorce.  

You and your clients deserve to be protected in more ways than one.  I've tried and tested virtually every major internet backup system from its security regarding your client files to its backup speed.  My recommendation is head and shoulders above the rest.  Feel free to check out their free account and their free trial.  This company is top notch for a reason.  I have yet to find something they don't have covered.  So, lawyers here you have it below..... and clients you should be checking to see if your attorney is on the internet from their law office and, if so, who do they have backing up your file data securely.  Sloppy backups mean your personal information is subject to access and could be in anyone's hands if they aren't careful.  

Attorney/Client privilege doesn't mean too much if your attorney doesn't have your file information securely protected and backed up.

 

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Uncontested Rhode Island Divorces Are Divorce Lawyers Necessary?

Yes, Rhode Island divorce lawyers are necessary if you have a matter before a Rhode Island Family Court.

Why?  Simple.... you need to know what you are doing and unless you are able to teach yourself everything there is about family law like an experienced divorce lawyer then you need someone to guide you on the path.

Are divorce lawyers necessary for representation in every family law case?  In my humble opinion they are not.

Are divorce lawyers necessary to guide people in every family law case before the Rhode Island Family Law courts?  I believe they most certainly are.

It is one thing to do everything by yourself with only yourself to rely upon why you are out of your field of expertise, but it is an entirely different matter to dive into a courtroom with more than a 100 years of law and legal precedent behind you without any professional legal guidance and reasonably expect the result you were shooting for.

You will not find me recommending that you should go through your own divorce or other Rhode Island Family law matter without professional legal coaching.  To me, it's foolhardy.  A divorce is an important part of your life.  It is not something you leave to chance and then hope you can patch up any mistakes later.

It is too easy for you to cause and error that even the best lawyer can't undo in family court all because you didn't have any guidance and thought you knew better than the professionals.

This is precisely why I offer my coaching program.  It's affordable.  It allows you to save money in between coaching sessions.  It even affords you the opportunity to use me as your coach for as many or as few coaching sessions as you like.  Thus, you control the amount of time you spend coaching and how much effort you are willing to put into your own divorce instead of money.

At every turn you have an affordable solution that leaves you as the coaching client in control of the process, how much time is spent and how much money is spent.  Plus, YOU are in control of your own case yet have experienced professional legal guidance to help you along the way.

Divorce Coaching is the process of having a professional teach you how to properly represent yourself while insuring that you are advised of the possibilities and alternatives available to you and as many reasonably possible consequences that may result from your choice of the various alternatives.  Yet the choice is YOURS!  You are not controlled by the attorney your hire in representation as is often the case, but rather you hold the reigns.

You determine your destiny!  You decide what happens regarding your children, your assets, your debts, the direction your case takes, and the direction your case will take.

Do you know what you're doing in your Rhode Island Family Law Matter?

Wouldn't it be useful to have a roadmap with all the intricate backroads and important stops along the way?  Could you seriously get from New York City to San Antonio, Texas by car if you had never traveled between the two cities before?  

Without a roadmap it may take you three times longer if you just go by your gut feeling or try to take shortcuts that you think may be correct only to find yourself lost on a back road without any idea how to get back on track and no idea how to reach your destination!

We're necessary alright?  Without us, people are flying blind.  You won't know the big picture. You won't know the right steps to take?  You won't know how to stay on track.  You won't be aware of the pitfalls the may exist along the way.  Without divorce lawyers, people in the family court are merely sailboats cast adrift in the middle of an endless ocean with no compass and no sail to chart a direction.  

Get coaching today!  Don't make yourself a victim of the family court system!

Authored By:

Christopher A. Pearsall, Attorney-at-Law

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Note: If this article contains a case scenario with names, dates or amounts, any resemblance any connection to any person or situation now or previously existing is purely accidental, unintentional, and is merely a mistaken creation in the mind of the reader.

* The Rhode Island Supreme Court licenses all attorneys in the general practice of law.  The court does not license or certify any lawyer as an expert or specialist in any particular field of practice.

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Are Divorce Lawyers Necessary? Part I - Divorce Advice is ever Expanding.

As the founder of a divorce coaching program one would think that I am one who would say that divorce lawyers aren't necessary.  Yet the answer is actually to the contrary.  Yes, they are absolutely necessary.

The law regarding families and domestic relations is far from simple and it is evolving as fast as possible to keep up with the changing times.  

First you have what might be considered the old fashioned notion of a family.  This is the typical mother and a father who are married and have children.  Yet, society has grown and changed.  With the emergence of homosexual and lesbian parenting of adopted children or even children who are found to be abused within the old fashioned family unit comes new policies, new laws and new ideas of what truly constitutes a family and the limitations of marriage.

Divorce lawyers are at the forefront of the ever growing movements, ideas, and differing groups who proffer new ideas about what marriage should be, what it was intended to me, and the ramifications that result when all persons capable of loving one another are not afforded rights similar if not identical to those of the traditional mom/dad family unit.

With this plethora of change in the family arena comes legal questions not only about marriage but about divorce as well and what is not only fair and equitable but the resounding impact that each decision may have in the area of family law.

The new and constantly growing changes in the differing family models calls not only for religious, ethical, and intellectual debate and insight but legal thought and ramifications that could trigger a domino effect if not carefully considered in a tenacious legal context. In this regard divorce lawyers are without a doubt necessary.

Yet some believe that with with the LegalZoom, Prepaid Legal Services, various legal sub-professions such as the paralegal movement offering assistance in the nature of forms assistance, and even my own coaching program that divorce lawyers are no longer necessary.  To those holding this position, I must respectfully disagree.

Assistance in a form other than through an experienced divorce lawyer licensed to practice in your state or commonwealth is no substitute for the lawyer's assistance.  In fact, relying upon anything else is comparable to chancing your matter to a path strewn with bear traps waiting upon each foot fall to see if you have stepped in the wrong place with just enough pressure for those deadly jaws to suddenly and unknowingly thrust into your leg and hope that help comes along after the damage has been done.

Answering a question is always best addressed by examples and so I will dedicate a few articles over the next few weeks to demonstrating why divorce lawyers are, in fact, necessary.  In the end, there is no substitute for the help and assistance of an experienced and honorable divorce lawyer who fully advises you after being completely being made aware of your factual and legal circumstances.

Kindly look for Part II of this series which will focus on one or more specific divorce examples that will demonstrate the need for divorce lawyers now and for the foreseeable future.

Authored By:

Christopher A. Pearsall, Attorney-at-Law

Rhode Island's Full-Time Divorce* Lawyer is Now
Rhode Island's Only Divorce and Family Law Coach!!

Discover the Tremendous Benefits You Receive by 

Participating in Family Law Coaching Sessions!

Visit the RhodeIslandDivorceCoach.com

Call (401) 632-6976 Now
to
Schedule Your Low-Cost Rhode Island Divorce* or Family Law* Coaching Session!

Experience the Difference!

Copyright 2000 to Present.  Christopher A. Pearsall, Esquire
 Offering Rhode Island Rhode Island Divorce and Family Law Coaching for a New Millenium!

Note: If this article contains a case scenario with names, dates or amounts, any resemblance any connection to any person or situation now or previously existing is purely accidental, unintentional, and is merely a mistaken creation in the mind of the reader.

* The Rhode Island Supreme Court licenses all attorneys in the general practice of law.  The court does not license or certify any lawyer as an expert or specialist in any particular field of practice.

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The Rhode Island Divorce Coach Explains Rhode Island Legal Custody!

Without all the legalese that goes with it, the Rhode Island Family law principle of Joint Legal Custody refers to the legal right of parents to make major decisions regarding their minor children.

In Rhode Island Family law cases joint legal custody is usually the norm.  Joint legal custody means in principle that both the father and the mother of a minor child each have equal decision making authority when it comes to major issues affecting their minor child's life.  It wouldn't be too out of line to say that on major decisions affecting are minor child's life the father has a 50% say and the mother has a 50% say.

Keep in mind that we are talking about MAJOR decisions here.  What are MAJOR decisions?  Our Rhode Island Supreme Court has narrowed them into four (4) types or categories, namely Health, Education, Religion and those major things in life that affect the GENERAL WELL-BEING of the minor child.

 Examples aren't too hard to identify.  It is easily a major Health decision for a minor child if the child is struck by a car and a decision must be made about what is best for the child if two methods of proceeding with an emergency surgery are proposed by opposing surgeons.  

In the area of education, a frequent Rhode Island family law decision Rhode Island courts must often address is the difference of opinion between whether a child should go to private school or remain in public school.

Religious preferences for children are frequently a subject to debate when the father may want the children to be raised in the Mormon tradition but the mother wants the children raised as Roman Catholics.  

The last category referred to as the GENERAL WELL-BEING of the minor child attaches to anything that has a major affect on a minor child's life but does not fall into the other categories.  One example of this might be the minor child's participation in a sport or activity that the mother and father disagree upon such as a cliff diving for a child who is only an avid swimmer.  The father may believe it to be a good thing that the minor child conquer a fear of heights and swimming by such an activity.  Yet the mother might learn that this is not a professionally trained group who know what they are doing but rather a group of kids who merely put together a cliff diving club they put together for popularity rather than with proper training or supervision.

Now that your understand Rhode Island Legal Custody fundamentals, doesn't it make sense that a father and mother should share equally in the decision-making process for these major decisions?

When there is a tie and the parents can't agree, you proceed to Rhode Island Family Court and if you don't reach agreement or come to a compromise the Family Court Judge makes the decision to break that "tie" to do what is in the best interests of the minor child.

When is joint legal custody?  When should one parent be awarded sole legal custody?  If you are in a divorce and you agree to joint legal custody in a friendly / nominal divorce hearing, the judge just approves the parties' agreement, right?

The answers may surprise you!  The next article will be published soon.  Stay tuned.  Information is the most important thing you can have in any Rhode Island family law matter.

Need information specific to your RI legal custody case?

Get a legal advice in coaching session at an affordable price from an experienced long-term practitioner.  

Give me a call.  Set up an appointment.  I'll make sure you know the alternatives and the risks before you consider legal action or hire any attorney.

 

Authored By:

Christopher A. Pearsall, Attorney-at-Law

Rhode Island's Full-Time Divorce* Lawyer is Now
Rhode Island's Only Divorce and Family Law Coach!!

Discover the Tremendous Benefits You Receive by 

Participating in Family Law Coaching Sessions!

Visit the RhodeIslandDivorceCoach.com

Call (401) 632-6976 Now
to
Schedule Your Low-Cost Rhode Island Divorce* or Family Law* Coaching Session!

Experience the Difference!

Copyright 2007 to Present.  Christopher A. Pearsall, Esquire
 Offering Rhode Island Rhode Island Divorce and Family Law Coaching for a New Millenium!

* The Rhode Island Supreme Court licenses all attorneys in the general practice of law.  The court does not license or certify any lawyer as an expert or specialist in any particular field of practice.

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Amicable, Simple, Affordable Rhode Island Divorces are Possible without Lawyers!

Yes, amicable, simple and affordable Rhode Island Divorces are possible without lawyers.

It's true.   Now when I mean that these kinds of  Rhode Island Divorces are possible without the involvement of lawyers I am talking about without a lawyer representing the parties in the courtroom.

Now, I will admit that I probably sit with the minority of Rhode Island lawyers here when I take this position.  Heck, I may even be willing to agree that most other lawyers would not agree with me on this statement at all.  In fact, I may be one lawyer standing out here all alone in an open sea of lawyers giving people hope of the thought of a theme of "lawyers not required" without a single strand of support from a RI family law judge or any other Rhode Island lawyer at all on this position.

In actuality, I can easily see why RI Family Court judges and my fellow Rhode Island lawyers, and particularly fellow divorce attorneys, might have the initial reaction that I am in some sense slandering my profession, belittling what we do, or taking instant offense to my proposition.  Yet I would hope that the more learned colleagues in the profession would consider their actual response rather than merely react to what the initial gut reaction might be.

Notwithstanding any response however, you won't find me wavering one iota from taking the position that people can often do much better representing themselves in a divorce then engaging any one of our thousands of Rhode Island attorneys in our small state.

The fact is, if you extract lawyers who make money from both parties from the divorce scenario, you get two people who have more finances to divide and a better chance to move forward because they do.  That's one plus in favor of not involving lawyers.

Also, if you consider the fact that by and large more nominal cases are reached with an agreement by the actual nominal date assigned by the court when the parties reach an agreement on their own.

Does that mean that I believe there is little or no value in the education or knowledge that we as Rhode Island Divorce Lawyers and Judges have?

Absolutely not!  

What it does mean, is that I believe that a bit too often in the pursuit of careers and sometimes income that there are divorce and family law professionals who,

1)  create issues where they could just as easily resolve them;

 2)  cause conflict when they could establish harmony;

3)  destroy family relationships when they could save or strengthen them;

3)  extend a case and bill clients more when they could simplify the and charge significantly less;

or

4)  assist in ending a marriage when they could save that marriage.
 

Until we as Rhode Island divorce lawyers refocus our energies on the people we serve in such a way that we end conflict peacefully, amicably, and quickly using both legal skills and personal relationship skills, we will never be able to resolve a divorce and preserve a family as quickly, affordably, simply, and as stress free as two spouses who can still communicate with one another.

Yes, amicable, simple, affordable Rhode Island divorces are possible if two people can still talk to one another reasonably in an adult manner, with the help from a Rhode Island Divorce Coach who can economically help them through the process without representing either one of them in court.

It's not only possible, it happens all the time through my office.  All it takes to get started is that first call.  So what are you waiting for?

Authored By:

Christopher A. Pearsall, Attorney-at-Law

Rhode Island's Full-Time Divorce* Lawyer is Now
Rhode Island's Only Divorce and Family Law Coach!!

Discover the Tremendous Benefits You Receive by 

Participating in Family Law Coaching Sessions!

Visit the RhodeIslandDivorceCoach.com

Call (401) 632-6976 Now
to
Schedule Your Low-Cost Rhode Island Divorce* or Family Law* Coaching Session!

Experience the Difference!

Copyright 2007 to Present.  Christopher A. Pearsall, Esquire
 Offering Rhode Island Rhode Island Divorce and Family Law Coaching for a New Millenium!

* The Rhode Island Supreme Court licenses all attorneys in the general practice of law.  The court does not license or certify any lawyer as an expert or specialist in any particular field of practice.

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