Rumors have been swirling around Hollywood that Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez’s marriage is all but over. It started May 17 when Lopez attended the Met Gala alone one day after the two were spotted together at Affleck’s son’s school play. His absence could very well have been due to scheduling obligations on his […]

Tags: Ben Affleck, Bennifer, Divorce, divorcing, Jennifer Lopez, love, Marriage, rumors
Posted in Divorce, Marriage, Pop Culture | 1 Comment »

No matter where you live, odds are you have heard about the indictments handed down to Donald Trump. The former president has several ongoing cases, but one in particular—the financial fraud case led by New York Attorney General Letitia James—is at the forefront of the news. This past month, Trump decided against testifying. As predicted, […]

Tags: 5th Amendment, Constitution, constitutional right, court, Donald Trump, fifth amendment, indictment, Letitia James, pleading the fifth, self-incrimination, testify, testifying, trial
Posted in Fifth Amendment, Pop Culture, Self-Incrimination | No Comments »

Marty Markowitz and Isaac “Ike” Hershkopf were the subject of “The Shrink Next Door,” a wildly popular podcast by journalist Joe Nocera that was adapted into an AppleTV+ limited series starring Will Ferrell and Paul Rudd. As the story goes, Marty started seeing Ike as a patient in 1981 after losing his parents and becoming […]

Tags: coercion, control, dependence, Ike, Isaac Hershkopf, isolation, Marty Markowitz, The Shrink Next Door, undue influence
Posted in Pop Culture, Undue Influence | No Comments »

Celebrity status is likely to be the first choice pick. Spears, Jobs, and Manson are household names recognized across the United States, and even internationally. Somewhere on the list of commonalities, these infamous beings also share the experience of being involved in California court proceedings; more specifically cases involving the control of their person. #FreeBrittany […]

Tags: abuse, advocate, authority, Britney Spears, California, Celebrity, Charles Manson, court, dementia, dependency, legal, power, Probate, Steve Jobs
Posted in Business, Conservatorship, Pop Culture, Probate Code | No Comments »

The case of Gabby Petito’s disappearance has dominated many news stories over the past couple of weeks. On the surface, it feels very much like a cut-and-dry case. After a couple of months into a planned four-month road trip with her fiancée, Brian Laundrie, Laundrie returned home without her. As a person of interest in […]

Tags: abuse, Brian Laundrie, Domestic Abuse, Domestic Violence, Gabby Petito, media, Pop Culture, psychological abuse, Violence
Posted in Domestic Violence, Family Law, Pop Culture | 2 Comments »

On the surface, Britney Spears is a successful entertainer worth nearly sixty million dollars. A flourishing music career and a seemingly upbeat public persona would indicate she’s living a healthy life. However, as evidenced by Britney’s outcry to end her father’s conservatorship, her life behind-the-scenes is a lot darker than we’ve been led to believe. […]

Tags: abuse, Adult, Britney Spears, California, Children, conservatorship, conservatorship abuse, freebritney, Guardianship, jaime spears, mental incapacity
Posted in California Law, Conservatorship, Custody, Guardianship, Pop Culture | No Comments »

  Earlier this month, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and his wife of twenty-seven years, Melinda French Gates, officially filed for divorce. It’s been reported that Melinda had been speaking to divorce attorneys since 2019, and now rumors are flying as to why it happened and how the $129 billion in assets will be divided. Let’s […]

Tags: Assets, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, Divorce, Infidelity, Mediation, Melinda French Gates, Melinda Gates
Posted in Divorce, Pop Culture | No Comments »

  The media has always held a gleaming spotlight over the British royal family, literally from birth (hello Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor) to death (who doesn’t remember Princess Diana’s infamous car crash?). It’s so entertaining that whenever anything big or small happens, the world becomes fully engrossed. This has never been truer than over the last […]

Tags: Archie, British, Duchess, Duke, Family, Interview, Meghan Markle, Oprah, Piers Morgan, Prince Harry, Prince William, Royal, Sussex
Posted in Pop Culture, Realty | No Comments »

  A few years ago, Gwyneth Paltrow made “Conscious Uncoupling” famous with her divorce to then-husband Chris Martin. But most people were still confused. Was it a divorce? A separation? Something in between? Regardless of its definition, the world collectively became familiar with how conscious uncoupling might just change the way many perceive divorce. Another […]

Tags: Conscious Uncoupling, Divorce, Kanye West, Kim Kardashian, Pop Culture, Separation
Posted in Divorce, Pop Culture | No Comments »

Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away on September 18, 2020, setting off a political firestorm. Despite all that, one thing is certain: Ginsburg was a pioneer in the field of law and should be remembered for all of the good she accomplished as a student, a mother, a professor, an advocate, a lawyer, a judge, a […]

Tags: aclu, advocate, columbia law school, court of appeals, ginsberg, ginsburn, judge, justice, lawyer, notorious r.b.g., Pop Culture, rutgers university, ruth bader ginsburg, supreme court
Posted in Pop Culture | No Comments »