Divorce & Family Law Blog

Can a child have three parents?  In California she sure can. This week the New York Times published an article about a California bill just signed by Gov. Jerry Brown.  The new...

I (Meghan) find myself, on what could be the eve of the United States Supreme Court’s decision in United States v. Windsor (the case which will likely determine the constitutionality of...

One of the things I miss about working in a large law firm is a robust and festive March Madness pool.  (Remembering that the last time I was in a...

As followers of Freed Marcroft’s Facebook page are well aware, this week the United States Supreme Court is set to hear arguments of two landmark cases impacting the rights of same sex...

Although we spend a significant amount of our practice devoted to helping clients end their marriages as civilly, healthfully, and respectfully as possible, Freed Marcroft loves love. And, we love that the Illinois Senate...

Kristen and I have been watching Boardwalk Empire.  Mainlining it, actually.  Last night we tucked in to Season 2, Episode 10, “Georgia Peaches.” In one very-tertiary-to-the-main-action scene last night, Agent Nelson Van Alden...

What does a snowy day have to do with Connecticut’s state tartan, you ask? (For that matter, you probably also ask: “We have a state tartan?”) Thanks to Connecticut General Statutes...

“Yes.” “Then yes!” Buddy the Elf isn’t the only guy who likes syrup.  I’ve actually handled a sticky (sorry) maple litigation before, so I’m familiar with how much money there can be in...

Beginning Freed Marcroft meant ending something else. For me, it meant leaving Hartford Steam Boiler, where over the course of five plus years I have had the privilege to work...

In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer. Albert Camus Look, it’s the bar exam. We are not actually suffering here, we...