Keeping It Civil: The Case of the Pre-nup and the Porsche & Other True Accounts from the Files of a Family Lawyer - Hardcover

Klaw, Margaret

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1616202394 ISBN 13: 9781616202392

Publisher: Algonquin Books, 2013

Synopsis

Provocative true cases that explore the intersection of our most intimate relationships and the law―and offer a window into how we define a family today.

A woman seeking a divorce has no idea of the family finances―her husband doled out money only after she gave him requisition slips for her intended purchases. A lesbian couple wants to include their sperm donor in their child’s life―the sperm donor is the brother of one partner, so he will be the biological father as well as the child’s uncle. These are the clients who come knocking on family lawyer Margaret Klaw’s door, hoping for resolution. 

About this title

About the Author:

Margaret Klaw is a founding partner of Berner Klaw & Watson, a family law firm in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Named by Martindale-Hubbell as a “Preeminent Woman Lawyer,” she has been recognized as a Pennsylvania “Super Lawyer” for the past five years. An adjunct professor of family law at Temple University’s Law School, she speaks frequently on family law and blogs for the Huffington Post and DailyWorth.com.

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There's a courthouse saying that criminal lawyers see bad people at their best and family lawyers see good people at their worst. We deal with people who are raw, who are hurting. They tell us about what happens behind closed doors, and we come to know them, fast. But there's also a flip side. There are plenty of people who, in the midst of crisis, inspire awe with their strength and sound judgment. ―from the Introduction

About this edition

• Publisher: Algonquin Books
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1616202394
• ISBN 13: 9781616202392
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 272