Compassionate And Effective Family Law Representation
In today’s example of what not to do in your divorce: burn your house down. That’s right, a Boston man in the midst of his divorce tried to burn his $900,000 house to the ground. Timothy Brosnan, 57, was arrested Saturday evening shortly after police say he set his Linden Avenue home on fire. He was arraigned on an arson…
Effective July 1, 2016, Cairns & Rabiola has relocated to Broad Ripple. Our new address is 6161 N. College Avenue. Our move gives us more space which is much needed. Specifically, it provides for both Tara and Jaimie to hold mediations in our office. As Jaimie recently completed mediation training and Tara took the training during law school, this move…
Cairns & Rabiola, LLP, is proud to announce that Indianapolis family law attorney Tara Rabiola has been named as a 2016 Rising Star by Super Lawyers Magazine. Attorney Jaimie L. Cairns has been selected for the second year in a row as a Rising Star. Each year, no more than 2.5 percent of the lawyers in the state are selected…
President’s Day is next Monday, February 15th, and while most working adults do not get to enjoy the holiday (with the exclusion of state and federal government employees), all local schools do celebrate the holiday. And because of that, the holiday is included in the 2013 updated version of the Indiana Parenting Time Guidelines ‘ list of holidays that are…
The Indiana Court of Appeals issued a decision today in In Re the Adoption of S.Z. In Indiana, both biological parents must consent to an adoption or the potential adoptive parents must show that the consent is not required. To prove the consent is not required, the adoptive parent can show one of three things: (1) that the child was…
Cairns & Rabiola, LLP, is proud to announce that Indianapolis family law attorney Jaimie L. Cairns has been selected to the 2015 Indiana Rising Stars list . Each year, no more than 2.5 percent of the lawyers in the state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive this honor. Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, is…
What are settlement negotiations? In the context of divorce, settlement negotiations are attempts between parties to settle their case. If the parties have attorneys, the settlement negotiations are typically done between the attorneys (or the attorney and a non-represented spouse if one of the spouses does not hire an attorney). If settlement negotiations are successful, a settlement agreement is entered…
What is discovery? Discovery is the legal phrase for the process of discovering facts in a case. There are a variety of discovery methods, including interrogatories, requests for production, third-party requests for production, and depositions. What are interrogatories? Interrogatories are a series of questions that must be answered by the party they are served upon under oath. This means anything…
What assets and liabilities are divided in a divorce? Assuming no prenuptial or postnuptial agreement, all assets and liabilities are considered part of the “marital estate” for purposes of division in the marital estate. This means it does not matter how the asset or liability is titled – it still gets included in the overall estate. For example, if you…
If your divorce involves unemancipated children, child support will likely be an issue that needs to be addressed. This blog entry will focus on common questions regarding child support. How is child support calculated in Indiana? Child support in Indiana is calculated with the use of a worksheet. The figures needed to calculate child support are as follows: · the…