Family Law Stress
If you are involved in a Family Law Matter each day brings a new challenge on the road to the next step. Find [...]
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Decato Law Customer Service – Just Keep Moving
There are so many different meanings we could find. From our perspective the justice system takes time and [...]
Create or Update your Last Will and Testament
MYTHS: “I’m too young to need a Will.” “My family will know what to do with my possessions.” [...]
Mental Health Matter – Mental Illness Needs to be Better Understood by Courts
Decato Law Office continues to want to work with clients, our community and the courts to help educate and [...]
Addiction, Substance Abuse, Mental Illness and the Law
Across the country you are starting see special court systems. New Hampshire and Vermont, in some areas, [...]
The Trial Attorney at Decato Law Office
The Trial Attorney Lately, reading many books on amazing trial attorney’s and spending a great deal of [...]
A GENERAL DISCUSSION ABOUT ALIMONY/MAINTENANCE AWARDS –
Written by Peter Decato, Esquire It appears there was a time when alimony/spousal maintenance was awarded [...]
Does it Matter Who Goes First
Written by Peter Decato, Esquire Consider a situation where a person files for divorce. The non-filing spouse [...]
Engage in What You Do
Just finished reading … Parental Alienation: The Handbook for Mental Health and Legal Professionals. [...]
Happy Spring! Hopefully I’m not jinxing it by saying this, but it doesn’t look like we are getting [...]
Pain and Suffering
Pain and suffering. These two words are so often linked that we forget that each word – pain and [...]
Trial Experience and An Open Mind
Interesting way to use your C.A.RE in our Criminal Practice. The court room is a different world which [...]
LDAC’s and the Law
By – Keely Marie, Senior Law Clerk We see addiction, drug and alcohol problems often with cases we work [...]
Pain and Suffering Clients or Not
Latest News – Decato Law Office in Lebanon, NH. (603) 678-8000 Pain and suffering. These two words are [...]
THE FOX, THE BEAR AND THE ART OF PERSUASION
We know about the fox. The fox is cunning and shrewd. The fox is also a survivor – one of the best [...]
AVOID THE ZEALOUS ADVOCATE
A few decades ago, there were many lawyers who espoused being a zealous advocate. When I heard the term, I [...]
Picking a Trial Lawyer – Look for Competence
On about five different occasions, I’ve hired attorneys. I’ve had a personal-injury attorney represent me [...]
The Seasons are Changing – Buying and Selling in Winter Months
The Seasons are Changing Winter is kind of a big deal in New England, including for the housing market. The [...]
Remembering Todd Beamer
Todd Beamer was an ordinary American citizen, but an extraordinary American hero. Here is the ordinary part [...]
Education on the Family Law side of the House
Interesting read we just completed in the Family Law side of the house at DLO. Awareness and continued [...]
Working with your Guardian Ad Litem
R. Peter Decato – Firm Director, Decato Law Office in Lebanon, NH. Click to read Peter’s history. [...]
News from the Decato Law Office Team
News from The a purple label with Thank you on it and flowers in the background** Note: Slight blurriness, [...]
One Difference Between Mediation and Having an Attorney in a Divorce Case
Latest News – Decato Law Office in Lebanon, NH. (603) 678-8000 There may be many differences, [...]
DOES IT MATTER WHO GOES FIRST? Consider a situation where a person files for divorce. The non-filing spouse [...]
Emotions and Law (The Family Law side of House)
Having emotions “does” happen as you work through any legal process. It is normal, expected and [...]
Customer Appreciation Day 2015 at Decato Law Office
It was an amazing weekend at Decato Law Office. We have now decided to have a Community Appreciation Day [...]
Child Custody in New Hampshire
CHILD CUSTODY IN NEW HAMPSHIRE Information that may help you. When divorcing parents come into court for a [...]
What do Clients need from Law?
Written by Peter Decato What Do Clients Need? Most clients we see need information. When they come into our [...]
NOW IS A GREAT TIME TO REFINANCE YOUR REAL ESTATE The housing market is well on its way to healing after the [...]
When Changes Occur You Deserve Support
Purchasing a home, choosing representation in a legal matter, planning your estate, deciding to marry, [...]
Decato Law Office – Who are we?
I have been reading up on why people dislike lawyers so much. You would think I would know, however I still [...]
Trial Notebooks for Any Case (DUI, Family Court, Custody Cases)
I like structure. As a result – I like the idea of a trial notebook. In my notebook, I break the [...]
Motions to Reconsider
You’ve probably heard of motions to reconsider. If you haven’t, think of a motion to reconsider as the [...]
Divorce Settlements and Boiling Pots
You’ve heard the saying – all boiling pots must come to a simmer. That’s obviously true, but how do [...]
Is it Your Baby?
According to the US Department of Health and Human Services – childbearing by unmarried women has [...]
The Confusing Role of the Guardian Ad Litem
The role of the Guardian ad litem (GAL for short) took hold in the 1970’s. It came shortly after the [...]
Jurisdiction Issues in a Divorce Proceeding
Clients rarely know this, but during their first interview with an attorney, the first real issue to resolve [...]
Deviating from Child Support Guidelines
A judge is entitled to deviate from the strict application of guideline support. Guideline support is the [...]
How Child Support Obligations Are Calculated
“It wasn’t always the way it is.” That’s what I tell people when they ask how child support [...]
Interference with Parental Visitation
Forgive me for using the word visitation. We generally use the words physical responsibility or parent-child [...]
What Caused The Breakdown of The Marriage
I’m a bit of a dinosaur. If you want evidence of that – look at my bar number. It’s Bar Number 613. [...]
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