With legal drama, high fashion, and bold one-liners, rapper Cardi B (real name Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar) turned her recent Los Angeles civil trial into a viral moment that’s as relatable as it is headline-grabbing. For family law attorneys like us, Cardi B’s courtroom quotes are equal parts entertainment and unexpected lessons in maintaining poise while on oath.
Imagine asking your spouse, the one you promised to have and to hold, until death do you part, for an open marriage. Not exactly winning any awards for "Classiest Moves" in the wedding handbook, but hey, people do it. All the time.
Well, maybe not all the time.
When two writers become a couple, certain things are almost guaranteed: a happy family of wordsmiths, a house lined with bookshelves, or — in the event of a split — a divorce conducted entirely on the battlefield of prose. And when that split happens, there’s a good chance both exes will gleefully turn their pens on each other.
A recent TikTok post has parents everywhere nodding and laughing in recognition. In the clip, a man who won full custody of his kids calls his ex-wife for backup. The catch is that she’s on her way to Cabo for a kids-free holiday.
Her response was blunt: “You won full custody.
When Astronomer CEO (now ex-CEO) Andy Byron starred on a kiss cam at a Coldplay concert, it sparked a scandal that immediately went viral. Caught canoodling with the company HR chief, Kristin Cabot, on the jumbotron, he resigned in short order, his marriage teetered on the brink of collapse, and the town buzzed with legal questions: Can a public kiss lead to divorce? Could it cost him half his fortune? Is the kiss-cam moment enough to push a marriage over the edge, legally speaking?
In this blog, we answer these questions for anyone who’s facing similar crossroads, and we promise to be light on judgment but heavy on the legal facts.
There’s something about the blank box of a Reddit post that makes people want to spill their hearts to complete strangers. That something is called internet anonymity. From time to time, we find ourselves wandering over to Reddit’s r/Divorce forum to pluck some of these gems from obscurity.
We imagine that in 2016, when Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom first met at a Golden Globes afterparty, there were fireworks. They became a couple soon after, and by 2025, you’d be forgiven for thinking they’d tied the knot. But they hadn’t. And now, they’ve separated.
Imagine discovering your spouse’s infidelity — your trust and heart are shattered, and you feel an immediate urge to retaliate. But guided by the old adage, "Revenge is a dish best served cold," you decide to wait until your initial rage subsides before making a move.
Weddings are joyful, stressful, magical, and (sometimes) messy legal affairs. From venue deposits to prenups, there’s no shortage of legal considerations. Sometimes, drama happens before the couple walk down the aisle.
A recent column in The New York Times featured a bride contemplating uninviting her best friend to her wedding.
These days, it feels like there's an app or AI tool for just about everything, except for filing for divorce. As much as we’d love to say "there's an app for that," when it comes to the dissolution of marriage, child custody, or any other family law issue, the only thing standing between you and closure is a human family law attorney (that’s us). It's our job to sort through the legalities, finalize everything, and offer that sweet sense of finality.