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September 20, 2023 What is Reactive Abuse?
Category: Abuse
September 06, 2023 Alimony vs. Spousal Support: What is the Difference
Category: Divorce
September 06, 2023 Modifying Child Custody and Support Orders: When and How in Kansas
Category: Child Custody
September 06, 2023 Grandparents Rights and Visitation in Missouri
Category: Family Law
August 30, 2023 How Do You Lose in Family Court?
Category: Family Law
August 23, 2023 What do you need to know about the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) in your Family Law Case?
Category: Family Law
August 16, 2023 What To Expect When Hiring a Family Law Attorney
Category: Family Law
August 09, 2023 In Missouri a New Equal Parenting Time Law Is Going Into Effect in August
Category: Co-Parenting
August 02, 2023 Will I Be Responsible for My Spouse’s Debt if I Get Divorced?
Category: Divorce
July 26, 2023 What is Malignant Narcissism?
Category: Divorce
July 19, 2023 Revocation of Paternity in Kansas and Missouri
Category: Child Custody
July 12, 2023 What is Alcohol Use Disorder and How Does it Affect Child Custody Cases?
Category: Child Custody
July 05, 2023 Why Children with Effective Communication Skills Survive a Child Custody Case Better
Category: Child Custody
June 28, 2023 If You and Your Spouse Are Divorcing and Own a Business Together, What Are Your Duties to One Another?
Category: Divorce
June 21, 2023 Common Law Marriage: A Kansas Supreme Court Case
Category: Family Law
June 14, 2023 How to Turn Your Divorce Into the Breakup from Hell
Category: Divorce
June 07, 2023 How can Metadata Affect Discovery in Your Family Law (or Divorce) Case?
Category: Divorce
May 31, 2023 The Reality of Having Your Day in Court And Why Settlement Is Often Better:
Category: Divorce
May 24, 2023 What is a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst (CDFA) and is One Needed for your Case?
Category: Divorce
May 17, 2023 How Does Social Media Affect Divorce?
Category: Divorce
May 10, 2023 Why I Should Have Never Signed the Prenuptial Agreement
Category: Divorce
May 03, 2023 What is Bifurcation in Kansas and How Does it Affect Your Kansas Divorce Case?
Category: Divorce
April 26, 2023 Why Picking a Family Law Attorney Who Has Connections Matters to the Outcome of Your Case
Category: Divorce
April 19, 2023 What Happens to the Pets when you Get a Divorce?
Category: Divorce
April 12, 2023 You want a divorce; now how do you tell your spouse?
Category: Divorce
April 05, 2023 Creating a Productive Divorce Strategy
Category: Divorce
January 18, 2023 Can You Plead the Fifth Amendment in a Family Law Case?
Category: Family Law
January 11, 2023 Mental Health Evaluations in Missouri
Category: Mental Health
January 04, 2023 What Should You Do to Prepare for a Divorce?
Category: Divorce
December 28, 2022 How Does the Court consider Asset and Debt Division in Kansas?
Category: Divorce
December 20, 2022 Five Reasons to Establish Paternity of Your Child
Category: Child Custody
December 15, 2022 How Can You Get 50/50 Physical Custody When You Don’t Currently Have Custody (And Why It May Be Unlikely to Happen)
Category: Child Custody
December 13, 2022 Executive Perks and Compensation: How Do We Analyze and Value Some of Intangibles to Make Sure All Compensation is Considered
Category: Divorce
December 06, 2022 4 Tips for (Successfully) Co-Parenting Through The Holidays
Category: Co-Parenting
December 01, 2022 Taking Care of Yourself During a Divorce or Other Family Law Matter
Category: Divorce
November 29, 2022 The Importance of Confidentiality Agreements and Protection of Sensitive Business Records in Divorce and Family Law Cases
Category: Divorce
November 24, 2022 A Military Divorce: What is the 20/20/20 Rule?
Category: Divorce
November 22, 2022 What Should You Consider Before Moving out of the Marital Home? Some Advice from a Family Law Attorney In Kanas and Missouri.
Category: Divorce
November 17, 2022 What Should I Expect If My Family Law Case Goes to Trial in Missouri or Kansas?
Category: Divorce
November 15, 2022 Should I Settle Or Go To Trial?
Category: Divorce
November 10, 2022 Estate Planning After a Divorce in Kansas or Missouri- What Do You Need to Know?
Category: Divorce
November 08, 2022 Email and Computer Hacking in Divorce or Family Law Litigation in Kansas and Missouri
Category: Divorce
November 03, 2022 Best Tips For A Successful Divorce Mediation In Kansas Or Missouri
Category: Divorce
November 01, 2022 Marriage and Immigration Fraud: What You Need To Know
Category: Family Law
October 27, 2022 What is a Guardian ad Litem and What is Their Role in Your Family Law Case in Missouri or Kansas?
Category: Child Custody
October 25, 2022 What is Economic Abuse and How Does it Affect Your Divorce or Family Law Matter?
Category: Abuse
October 20, 2022 How Does Abandonment Affect My Divorce?
Category: Divorce
October 18, 2022 How Does Marijuana Usage Affect Custody Battles?
Category: Child Custody
October 13, 2022 What is the Best Interests of the Children?
Category: Child Custody
October 11, 2022 About the Children: Having a Child-Centered Divorce or Custody Case
Category: Child Custody
October 06, 2022 How Old Does a Child Have to Be To Choose Which Parent They Want to Live With?
Category: Child Custody
October 04, 2022 Should I Do Marriage Counseling During Separation or Divorce?
Category: Divorce
September 29, 2022 How Do You Limit Contact with Your Ex After A Divorce?
Category: Divorce
September 27, 2022 How do you declare your marriage invalid in Kansas or Missouri?
Category: Divorce
September 22, 2022 How Do the Changes in Federal Student Loans and Delayed Repayment to 2023 Affect Family Law Cases?
Category: Family Law
September 20, 2022 How Ordering and Obtaining Documents Can Win Your Family Law Case
Category: Family Law
September 15, 2022 How To Lose Your Case in Family Court
Category: Child Custody
September 13, 2022 Why Does Your Annual Social Security Statement Matter to a Divorce Attorney?
Category: Divorce
September 08, 2022 Why Are So Many Millennials Getting Prenuptial Agreements?
Category: Prenuptial Agreements
September 06, 2022 How Do the Courts Divide Assets in A Divorce In Kansas?
Category: Divorce
August 30, 2022 How Do You Prove Domestic Violence In Your Divorce or Protection from Abuse Case?
Category: Divorce
August 25, 2022 How Do I Divorce A Sociopath or Pscyhopath?
Category: Divorce
August 23, 2022 Creative Parenting Plan Solutions
Category: Child Support
August 18, 2022 Why Do Divorces Happen? Four Reasons that Most People Get Divorced (from a Divorce Attorney)
Category: Divorce
August 16, 2022 My Spouse is in the Military and Stopped Paying Spousal Support. What Do I do?
Category: Divorce
August 11, 2022 Experienced Family Law Trial Counsel to Co-Counsel Cases for Trial or Provide Local Counsel for Out-of-State Family Law Attorneys
Category: Family Law
August 09, 2022 Can I Be Awarded Attorney's Fees as a Sanction if My Spouse Makes False Child Abuse Allegations?
Category: Abuse
August 04, 2022 When Children With ASD Need a Special Custody Plan
Category: Child Custody
July 28, 2022 Big news: An Important new United States Supreme Court Affecting Family Law (and a bonus Federal case)
Category: Family Law
July 26, 2022 If the Other Parent is not Letting Me See My Kids Can I Stop Paying My Child Support?
Category: Child Support
July 21, 2022 Identifying and Dealing with Narcissists, Sociopaths and Other High Conflict Personalities and How to Divorce Them
Category: Divorce
July 19, 2022 Why Do Many Clients Choose a Female Family Law Attorney?
Category: Family Law
July 14, 2022 How Do You Avoid a Custody Battle?
Category: Child Custody
July 12, 2022 How Can I Figure Out if My Spouse is Hiding Cryptocurrency In our Divorce
Category: Cryptocurrency
July 07, 2022 A Guide to Cryptocurrency in Divorce in Kansas or Missouri
Category: Cryptocurrency
July 05, 2022 What if you Believe your child is at Risk for International Abduction?
Category: Hague Convention
June 30, 2022 A Maintenance Award Must Be Based on Evidence: Doyle v. Doyle, a new case issued by the Southern District Court of Appeals in Missouri
Category: Appeals
June 28, 2022 Divorce and Midlife Crisis
Category: Divorce
June 23, 2022 Celebrating Pride Month: Sensitivity in the Legal Process for Children who are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered, Queer
Category: LGBTQ+
June 21, 2022 Personality Disorders in Child Custody Cases
Category: Child Custody
June 16, 2022 What is Alcoholism and how does it affect divorce?
Category: Divorce
June 14, 2022 Gaslighting in Divorce
Category: Divorce
June 09, 2022 Helping Queer Children (LGBTQ+) Through Their Parents’ Divorce: In Celebration of Pride Month
Category: LGBTQ+
June 07, 2022 Moore v. Moore, a Western District Court of Appeals opinion entered on May 17, 2022
Category: Family Law
June 02, 2022 A Big Development in Military Retirement Division… Maybe!
Category: Disability
May 31, 2022 Post-separation Legal Abuse. What is it and how do you know if you’re a victim?
Category: Abuse
May 26, 2022 How does the Kansas Supreme Court case of Schwarz v. Schwarz affect grandparent’s rights in Kansas?
Category: Grandparents Rights
May 24, 2022 What Is Borderline Personality Disorder and How Does it Affect Your Family Law Case?
Category: Family Law
May 19, 2022 What Should You Do If You Are Served With a Subpoena?
Category: Family Law
May 17, 2022 What Is a Prenuptial Agreement?
Category: Prenuptial Agreements
May 12, 2022 How Should You Deal with a High Conflict Person if you Anticipate a Divorce or Other Child Custody Case?
Category: Child Custody
May 10, 2022 How Do You Deal with Divorcing a Spouse with Borderline Personality?
Category: Divorce
May 05, 2022 Parallel Parenting: When You Have to Co-Parent with a Narcissist
Category: Co-Parenting
May 03, 2022 How is the War in Ukraine Affecting Family Law Cases in Kansas and Missouri?
Category: Family Law
April 28, 2022 Why Is It Important that My Family Law Attorney Knows about Tax Issues?
Category: Family Law
April 26, 2022 How Is Child Custody Decided in Kansas?
Category: Child Custody
April 21, 2022 What is a Vocational Rehabilitation Evaluation and When Would you Need One In A Family Law Case?
Category: Divorce
April 19, 2022 How Do You Obtain an Out-of-State Subpoena or Take a Foreign Deposition?
Category: Subpoena
April 14, 2022 What Is a Protection from Abuse Order in Kansas?
Category: Protection Order
April 12, 2022 What is a Protection from Stalking Order in Kansas and When Do You Need One?
Category: Protection Order
April 07, 2022 How Do I Protect Business Assets through a Divorce?
Category: Divorce
April 05, 2022 How Do you Deal With One Spouse Trying to Get an Unfair Advantage in a Divorce Case?
Category: Divorce
April 01, 2022 How Can you Lower the Cost of Your Divorce?
Category: Divorce
March 29, 2022 What are the Legislative Changes in Section 455 RSMo regarding orders of protection in Missouri that happened during the year 2021 and why do the changes matter to you?
Category: Legislative Changes
March 22, 2022 How Do I Become a Great Single Parent After Divorce? A Mini-Guide for Parents!
Category: Divorce
March 21, 2022 Corson v. Corson, and Korn, Proposed Intervenor, how does a recent Eastern District, Missouri case affect the burden of grandparents when they seek grandparent’s visitation rights in Missouri and seek to intervene? (ED109820)
Category: Grandparents Rights
March 18, 2022 Can a Man Be Awarded Spousal Support or Maintenance?
Category: Child Support
March 16, 2022 What is the Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children (ICPC) and How Does it Affect Adoptions in Both Kansas and Missouri?
Category: Adoption
March 10, 2022 What Financial Information Should I Put Together to Prepare for a Divorce?
Category: Divorce
March 08, 2022 Do you Need A Financial Plan When Going through a Divorce?
Category: Divorce
March 03, 2022 What if You are Estranged from Your Children? How Should You Reconnect and Enforce Your Parental Rights?
Category: Family Law
March 03, 2022 What are the Steps and Requirements to Complete an Adoption in Kansas?
Category: Adoption
March 01, 2022 Why Fathering Matters?
Category: Family Law
February 24, 2022 What is Triangulation and how can it Damage Your Co-Parenting Relationship?
Category: Child Custody
February 22, 2022 What is enmeshment and how can it affect a child custody case
Category: Child Custody
February 17, 2022 What is Malicious Parent Syndrome and What Do You Do If It is Affecting Your Family?
Category: Family Law
February 15, 2022 What Should I do If I Need an International Divorce and/or International Service on My Spouse to Commence the Case?
Category: Divorce
February 10, 2022 How Should You Deal with Covid-19 While Co-parenting?
Category: Child Custody
February 08, 2022 Why Your Children Need Protection Against Parentification When Parents are Separated or Divorced?
Category: Divorce
February 07, 2022 Should I Hire A Private Investigator for My Divorce or Other Family Law Case?
Category: Divorce
February 02, 2022 What if I am concerned about the other parent or my spouse abducting my child or taking them out of the country without my permission?
Category: Child Custody
January 27, 2022 When You’re Divorcing: Does Your Attorney Have a Plan?
Category: Divorce
January 25, 2022 What Should You Expect if Your Divorce or other Family Law Case Has to go to Trial?
Category: Divorce
January 20, 2022 What do you do if you believe your children are being alienated and how do you combat it?
Category: Parental Alienation
January 18, 2022 What is a Motion For New Trial and Why Might I Need One?
Category: Family Law
January 14, 2022 What do I do if I was just served with Divorce Papers?
Category: Divorce
January 11, 2022 What Questions Should You Ask Your Divorce Attorney When You Meet?
Category: Divorce
January 06, 2022 How Long Will The Divorce Process Take in Kansas or Missouri?
Category: Divorce
January 04, 2022 What Is a Deposition (and how is it applicable to your divorce or family law matter)?
Category: Family Law
January 04, 2022 When Non-payment of Child Support Risks Driver’s License and Other License Revocation
Category: Child Support
December 28, 2021 What Happens if I Fail to Respond to a Divorce Filing?
Category: Divorce
December 23, 2021 The Pingel Family Law Team is Recognized for Excellence
Category: Press
December 09, 2021 New Year, New You: Is it Time to file for divorce or address other concerns with your current custody arrangement?
Category: Child Custody
December 09, 2021 If we are sharing 50/50 custody of our child, why is there still child support?
Category: Child Custody
August 19, 2021 Mandee Pingel Featured in Americas Women Magazine
Category: Press

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