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When you have a conditional green card, you can live and work in the United States for two years. You will then need to update your status and obtain a 10-year green card. Part of obtaining a 10-year green card involves having the conditions removed from your green...
Hawaii couples who have children and are in the middle of a divorce need to remember to focus on the kids’ needs. This is true regardless of the lingering challenges between the parents and whether it is a somewhat amicable or overtly contentious case. Children are...
In an ideal world, custody orders would be permanent, lasting until your children become adults. However, this situation is rare. Whether your custody order was entered into by agreement between you and your co-parent, or through an order by a judge after a trial,...
If you’ve been notified that deportation proceedings have been initiated against you, then you’re probably nervous about your future. That’s understandable given the implications of removal, which could send you back to a country you don’t know or to a location that...
As you head toward divorce, you need to recognize it for what it is: a major financial transaction. By the time your marriage dissolution is finalized, your marital estate will be divided, and the court will rule on any pending child support and alimony requests. In...
A new year is coming up, and many of us start the year intending to make a fresh start or work toward some new goals. This spirit often carries over into marriages, or rather, the end of them. Many divorces are filed in January. People who are unhappy in marriages may...
If you or a loved one has been persecuted or threatened with violence in your home country, then asylum might be the best way for you to seek shelter and protection within the United States. If you’re successful in seeking asylum, then you might also end up eligible...
If you’re like most people, you think that estate planning is something that you can put off until later in life. This feeling can be amplified if you think that you don’t have many assets that are worth protecting through the estate planning process. Yet,...
Estate planning might be something you thought you would get around to when you got older, but the truth is that setting up an estate plan is not something you should put off. There are many reasons people avoid or delay estate planning. They may not think they have...
Co-parenting is not an easy task. Any family who has gotten through a divorce and is figuring out how to co-parent knows that it is a process that requires patience, flexibility, communication and honesty. While it can be a challenge at times, it is not impossible to...
