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Child custody and divorce realities and oddities in Kramer vs. Kramer

Kramer vs. Kramer is a heartwarming drama about the pains of divorce and child custody. It’s a moving portrayal of how ex-spouses Ted (Dustin Hoffman) and Joanna (Meryl Streep) went from estranged exes to sworn enemies to allies. What many divorcees will find particularly relatable is Ted’s sheer ineptness at making French toast on the first morning of Joanna’s “desertion.

Assault cases involving prosthetic limbs

Though we might not readily think of them as such, prosthetic limbs can indeed be used as weapons. After all, a weapon is anything used or intended for use in causing death or injury to persons, whether it is designed for that purpose or not. Popular culture features many characters who have weaponized prostheses.

Some divorces turn ugly. These turned strange.

It’s not unusual for separating couples to fight over custody, dispute marital assets, or claim alimony during or after a divorce. It’s par for the course. As family law attorneys, we know better than to underestimate the capacity of some divorcees to take their separation into a strange direction.

Weird assets couples had to split in a divorce

May 6th, 2019

For some couples, “till death do us part” is a promise they can’t keep, and that parting is not such sweet sorrow after all. In fact, it can be so bitter that even the splitting up of assets is an exercise in hurting one another. Here are some bizarre cases of divorcees staking their fair share of their once-conjugal properties.