Nadine Cohen Orliczky, Family Law Attorney

07/17/2013

Mike Hughes Jr. was a baby when he came to live with his grandparents, Robert and Joannie Hughes, who are the 11-year-old's legal guardians. Their son, Michael Sr., was killed in a car crash on his way to work two months before Mike's birth.

06/18/2013

The latest entertainment headlines proclaim there’s a new wrinkle in the ongoing divorce of Bethenny Frankel and Jason Hoppy, of reality TV fame.

05/21/2013

"Don’t be penny wise and pound foolish. If you hire someone good who knows what they’re doing, you’ll get the work done faster and more efficiently."

To avoid dragging out the divorce process and making it more expensive, experts offer the following tips.

05/17/2013

Getting organized now makes it much easier on loved ones when you pass away (Image Source: Wall Street Journal)

04/30/2013

When negotiating a divorce settlement involving children, it's important to consider how you and your ex will save for college and how any existing 529 college savings plan will be treated.

Set up a framework as part of the divorce that maps out how to handle your kids’ college costs.

04/23/2013

The case before the Supreme Court this week is an excellent reminder to take a look at all designated beneficiaries after a divorce and make any needed changes.

WASHINGTON -- Supreme Court justices are questioning a Virginia law that would override a federal employee's designation of a beneficiary in a federal insurance program. Warren Hillman made Judy Maretta beneficiary of his Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance policy before their divorce and his re...

04/19/2013

This year's winner of the Pulitzer Prize for poetry is "Stag's Leap," a collection of poems about divorce.

What do you do when, after 30 years, your husband tells you he is leaving you for someone else? If you're poet Sharon Olds, you grab your spiral-bound notebook and write about it.

04/18/2013

Interesting.

That mysterious new dent on the car? Chances are, if the husband did it, he'll take the "wasn't me" route and lie about it. And, of course, the faithful wife will believe him.

04/16/2013

There are better ways to request a move-out order. Ways that won't get you cited for disorderly conduct.

Police say woman asked dispatcher for help to make her husband leave home

04/15/2013

Today in the U.S. Supreme Court....

The US Supreme Court on Monday takes up a case with widespread implications for scientific innovation and health care in the US. The question: Are human genes patentable?

04/13/2013

An infographic on how each state treats other states gay marriage laws.

In the wake of the Supreme Court arguments about same-sex marriage, there has been widespread agreement that the justices aren’t likely to create a right to gay marriage throughout the land—thereby invalidating the ban in 41 states that don’t perform it. And there has also been lots of confusion abo...