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Divorce
Law Week • As Featured on KHON2
Divorce is process that affects not just a couple, but their children, and other family members. When filing for a divorce, depending on the situation, it can either be quite messy or very simple. To break down the legal process for us on today’s Action Line Law Week segment, we’re joined by attorneys Erin Kobayashi and Katherine Lukela.
Adoption
What’s the Law • As Featured on KHON2
Attorney Katherine Lukela joins host Coralie Chun Matayoshi to discuss adoptions – who can adopt, special issues in step-parent adoptions, what kind of consent is needed, termination of the biological or legal parent’s rights, and the difference between open and closed adoptions.
Alimony and Division of Property & Debts
What’s the Law • As Featured on KHON2
Attorney Erin Kobayashi joins host Coralie Chun Matayoshi to discuss how property is split in a divorce like real estate, retirement, and inheritances, who is responsible for debts like credit card bills and student loans, how alimony is determined, and the effect of pre-nuptial agreements on property division and alimony.
Paternity: Who is my father?
What’s the Law • As Featured on KHON2
Attorney Katherine Lukela joins host Coralie Chun Matayoshi to discuss what happens in a paternity case, how paternity is established, whether a DNA test is required, and why the government might file a paternity action to verify the biological father of a child.
Child Custody, Visitation and Support
What’s the Law • As Featured on KHON2
Attorney Erin Kobayashi joins host Coralie Chun Matayoshi to discuss the difference between legal and physical custody, factors the court considers in awarding custody, visitation rights, how child support is determined, and what happens when a spouse fails to pay child support.