Family Law Report

In this episode, we talked about the reason for getting and nuances of an Arizona order of protection (also commonly known as a restraining order). We also covered current events around the Gallego divorce in the press and about the divorce(s) of Jennifer Lopez.

In this episode, we introduced the show and the host and discussed the major topics that will be covered throughout the course of the program.

This show aired on September 17, 2017. It was hosted by David Enevoldsen, a partner with Family Law Guys. David discussed various aspects of the intersection of family law and the United States Constitution, principally revolving around case law from the Supreme Court of the United States. David discussed the importance of marriage as a fundamental constitutional right, the fundamental right to raise your children, the fundamental right to procreate, the right to privacy within abortion, and personal jurisdiction and full faith and credit related to family court judgments entered in different states than where another party is located.

This show aired on September 10, 2017. It was hosted by David Enevoldsen, a partner with Family Law Guys. David discussed how a non-parent that may have a relationship with a child (such as a grandparent or step-parent or other party) can obtain legal decision-making rights or visitation with that child. He also discussed the concept of an “in loco parentis” relationship, and the fundamental constitutional right to rear children and how that can impact a third party’s efforts to procure visitation.

This show aired on August 6, 2017. It was hosted by David Enevoldsen, a partner with Family Law Guys. Guests included attorney Debbie Levine and attorney Ruby Torres. Ruby discussed her personal case involving a divorce with a fight over ownership of embryos after she was diagnosed with cancer. Debbie discussed some of the legal aspects of embryo ownership in a divorce.

This show aired on August 27, 2017. It was hosted by David Enevoldsen, a partner at Family Law Guys. The show was about protective orders and discussed orders of protection, their nature as being tied to close personal relationships, the nature of injunctions against harassment, the nature of injunctions against workplace harassment, where you can go to get a protective order, that there are no filing fees for protective orders, how to serve protective orders, the implications of the Brady law and how firearm ownership can be impacted by a protective order, what happens in a hearing challenging a protective order, and the need to take appropriate steps to protect yourself even if you have a protective order.

This show aired on August 20, 2017. It was hosted by attorney David Enevoldsen, a partner with the law firm Family Law Guys. David discussed the conflicts in values, the fact that having values that are different from person to person does not mean that you should not act as though there is a right and a wrong, and the underlying assessment of why you are taking a particular action in the midst of conflict with another party and to examine whether your actions are simply a function of being hurt and lashing out or are a function of a broader effort to further your goals in line with your values. Note that this is part 2 of a 2 part series exploring this topic. Part 1 aired on July 30, 2017.

This show aired on August 6, 2017. It was hosted by attorney David Enevoldsen, a partner with the law firm Family Law Guys. Chris Deaton appeared as a guest on the show. The two discussed what polyamory is, the distinction between polyamory and swinging, different polyamorous relationships, how polyamorous relationships deal with time management, how they deal with child rearing, some current legal developments in the world of polyamory, and whether or not polyamory makes sense in a damaged relationship.

This show aired on July 30, 2017. It was hosted by attorney David Enevoldsen, an partner with the law firm Family Law Guys. David discussed narrative theory and how human beings make sense of the world and conflict by intuitively gravitating to stories. David also discussed how that feeds into generalized rules that people indoctrinate themselves with and ultimately come into conflict over. Note that this is Part 1 of a two part exploration of these ideas. Part 2 aired on August 20, 2017.

This show aired on July 23, 2017. It was hosted by attorney David Enevoldsen, a partner with the law firm Family Law Guys. Dr. William Fabricius appeared as a guest on the show. The two discussed some of the social and legal attitudes related to parenting plans involving overnights with fathers in very young children. They also discussed the scientific research surrounding paternal overnights with fathers in young children and maternal attachment and ultimately discussed whether or not it makes sense to have significant parenting time for fathers of infants or young children and what science says about it.