On October 1, 2015, Amy Montes, of the law offices of Amy M. Montes, was awarded Avvo’s Clients Choice Award. This particular award has only been in effect since 2005, and is an award that is in place in order to recognize attorneys and law firms that...

Custody proceedings are usually riddled with confusing terminology that may inhibit your understanding and thus your ability to make good decisions about proposed agreements. Before you enter into any legal agreement, but especially long term decisions...

Eighteen is the legal age of adulthood, or the legal classification in which a person is no longer in the charge of a parent or guardian. In most states, at eighteen, a child gains the “age of majority,” or the full rights of an adult. Emancipation is...

A common law marriage is a legal arrangement between two people that is legally recognized as a marriage, provided that it meets a few specific requirements. People in common law marriages didn’t obtain a marriage certificate, and may not even have had...