Glassman Divorce, LLC

04/10/2026

C'mon lawyers, we can do better than this!!!

The excuses proved... unpersuasive.

05/22/2023

A new Eastern District opinion issued on May 16th found that it was plain error for a divorce judgment to omit MLK day and President's Day from a parenting plan holiday schedule.

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05/12/2023

A new Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District Opinion issued this week. Stay off the m**h, people!

Parental rights terminated over m**h. Evidence supporting a finding that appellant neglects children included evidence of inadequate housing and consumption of m**hamphetamine in a child’s presence. Evidence supporting a finding that appellant had an untreatable dependency on m**hamphetamine included drug screenings, either skipped or failed; treatment programs incomplete or failed; and multiple relapses in use. That evidence, and evidence of failures to offer financial support while employed and to participate in rehabilitative services, supported a finding that termination of appellant’s parental rights was in children’s best interests.

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03/08/2023

Does anyone use MyCase? If so, what are your thoughts?

02/17/2023

This new Missouri Court of Appeals Southern District opinion reiterates the difficulty of appealing a family law judgment. It also helps manage the expectations of current or potential clients who want to appeal a family law judgment.

Missouri Bar Summary:
https://news.mobar.org/cases-021723/

Full Opinion:
https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=192513

Each week, The Missouri Bar provides links to all hand downs published online during the past seven days by the Supreme Court of Missouri and the Missouri Court of Appeals. The Missouri Bar has created headings and summaries for each case. Summaries are not part of the opinions of the Court. They h...

05/13/2022

New appellate opinion issued by the Southern District this week provides that: “When there is no inconvenience to the court or unfair advantage to one of the parties, it is an abuse of discretion for a trial court to refuse to permit the introduction of material evidence which might substantially affect the merits of the case.”

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While I generally agree with this principle, I'm concerned that it could open the door to contentious disputes about what is "inconvenient to the court" or "unfair to one of the parties".

11/06/2021

New opinion from Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District provides that when a child is born of a same s*x marriage of two female spouses, both spouses are subject to the presumption of parenthood and have standing seek custody, even though only one spouse actually bore the child.

https://news.mobar.org/cases-110521/

10/15/2021

New opinion from Missouri Court of Appeals Western District provides that an action for declaration of paternity is not the exclusive procedure for determining the parentage of a child born out of wedlock, so the circuit court had jurisdiction and authority to determine child custody and support in a judgment dissolving marriage.

https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=181159

06/14/2021

https://abovethelaw.com/2021/06/self-employed-attorneys-still-have-bosses/

However, self-employment is awesome, and I highly recommend that people consider this lifestyle.

07/20/2020

I've resumed meeting clients at my office, provided that they wear a mask. However, most issues can still be resolved via phone, email or video conference, and those m**hods of communication are welcomed and encouraged when possible.