Blog Posts in January, 2010

• Posted By demetriagraves 31-Jan-2010

  Loan Modifications are Increasing Canceled Foreclosures

  I've recently come across some information that suggests that Loan Modifications are starting to reduce the number of homes that end up in foreclosure. The amount of California foreclosure cancellations increased 26.5% in December to 13,243, ...

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• Posted By demetriagraves 31-Jan-2010

  Evander Holyfield Child Support Challenge

  Recently, Janice Holyfield, the ex-wife of boxing champion Evander Holyfield, filed papers seeking to obtain nearly $280,000 in past-due child support and interest that Evander was ordered by a judge in Georgia to pay in October of 2009. In December ...

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• Posted By demetriagraves 31-Jan-2010

  New Year's Divorce Resolution

  As we start a new year and a new decade, and people start on their new years resolutions, we see the usual increase in gym memberships and a greater number of people starting on diets. Unfortunately for some unhappy couples, new year's resolutions ...

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• Posted By demetriagraves 25-Jan-2010

  More Fathers given Primary Child Custody

  Because I specialize in Family law, I'm always interested to review data that pertains to child custody cases. Recently I came across a report that shows that increasingly more fathers are receiving primary custody of their children after a ...

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• Posted By demetriagraves 25-Jan-2010

  Loan Modification Vs Short Sale

  When a homeowner is faced with an unaffordable mortgage payment there are two principal choices for the homeowner in today's market to avoid foreclosure. These are either a loan modification or a short sale. I offer advice for clients in this ...

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• Posted By demetriagraves 25-Jan-2010

  Dennis Hopper to divorce his fifth wife on his 'deathbed'.

  There are reports on the internet that actor and film-maker Dennis Hopper has filed for divorce from his fifth wife on his deathbed. The 73-year-old star of Easy Rider, Rebel Without A Cause and Apocalypse Now is battling prostate cancer and is ...

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• Posted By demetriagraves 16-Jan-2010

  Couples Breaking Up Forced to Live Together

  There's been much discussion lately regarding current economic hardships forcing couples who are having marital difficulties into remaining living together in the same house. When the economy was booming it was much easier to sell the family home, ...

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• Posted By demetriagraves 16-Jan-2010

  Bankruptcy Filings on the Rise

  Many of us have had the feeling that bankruptcies seemed to be on the increase, well here's some hard facts to back up that idea. U.S. consumers and businesses are filing for bankruptcy at a pace that made 2009 the seventh-worst year on record, with ...

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• Posted By demetriagraves 16-Jan-2010

  Billionaire Wynn Divorce Finalized

  Steve Wynn, the billionaire chief executive of casino operator Wynn Resorts Ltd in Las Vegas, is officially divorced for the second time from his wife, Elaine. Steve Wynn, agreed recently to surrender $741 million worth of stock in Wynn Resorts to ...

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• Posted By demetriagraves 11-Jan-2010

  Considering a Divorce?

  The good news is that even though many couples who seek legal advice on divorce regard this as the final step to separation, this is often not the case. In my experience, a surprisingly high number of those spouses who seek legal advice regarding ...

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• Posted By demetriagraves 11-Jan-2010

  Reeves Paternity Case Dismissed

  Just when we'd thought that we'd heard it all here's another celebrity who has had to defend himself in court against a paternity claim. A Canadian woman who claims Keanu Reeves is the father of her four children has had her case dismissed after a ...

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