On behalf of Feinberg & Waller, APC | Apr 2, 2019 | Ethics and Responsibilities
Like a corporate partnership, marriage creates a financial relationship in which each spouse owes a fiduciary duty to the other. This requires the highest good faith and fair dealing when financial transactions are concerned. This also includes the obligation to make...
On behalf of Feinberg & Waller, APC | Mar 4, 2016 | Ethics and Responsibilities, Family Law
Just like business partners, spouses owe each other certain fiduciary duties, or legal obligations to act in another party’s interest. In the context of marriage, this means that each spouse owes each another the duties of mutual respect, fidelity and support....
On behalf of Feinberg & Waller, APC | Jun 9, 2014 | Divorce, Ethics and Responsibilities
Are you lying to your own lawyer? Divorce may be one of the most serious and daunting challenges you have to face in your life. Intense pressure, discontent in the home, explanations to your children and anxiety about your future all pressure you. You will likely...
On behalf of Feinberg & Waller, APC | Feb 24, 2014 | Divorce, Ethics and Responsibilities
The average person going through a divorce is not a lawyer. He or she does not have years of experience practicing law or a sophisticated knowledge of the legal system. Instead, most parties to a divorce are largely detached from the world of law. This typically...
On behalf of Feinberg & Waller, APC | Apr 17, 2012 | Ethics and Responsibilities
In a divorce, both spouses are required to fully disclose their assets. This disclosure is considered a “fiduciary duty” that are very serious, very important and essential disclosure for both parties to a dissolution proceeding. Disclosing assets is...
On behalf of Feinberg & Waller, APC | Feb 5, 2009 | Ethics and Responsibilities
By now of course everyone has heard the story of Nadya Suleman, the 33 year old Southern California woman who recently gave birth to the longest-living set of octuplets children in human history. The reporting of this story has been an interesting ride. Initially...
