The Admissibility of Social Media Postings

The Admissibility of Social Media Postings

As of the third quarter of 2017, 2.07 billion people actively used the social networking site Facebook on a monthly basis.  Instagram, the mainly mobile photo-sharing network, serves 800 million active monthly users. Digital evidence is often critical in proving or...
Quitclaim Deeds in Divorce

Quitclaim Deeds in Divorce

Quitclaim deeds are a vehicle used to convey an interest in real property.  They are very common in divorce proceedings.  There are a few things to be mindful of with regard to these documents. A deed affects only how the property is titled.  It has no effect on the...
The Importance of Gratitude for Parents and Children

The Importance of Gratitude for Parents and Children

“In some communities, specifically among the white middle and upper-middle class, there’s good reason to believe that kids are less grateful than in the past,” says psychologist Richard Weissbourd, faculty director of the Making Caring Common initiative at Harvard’s...
The Perils of Polygamy

The Perils of Polygamy

In the West, rich and powerful men regularly swap older wives for younger ones, thus monopolizing the prime reproductive years of several women.  But that allows for a few wives in sequence, not several at the same time. There are those who argue that polygamy should...