COVID-19 Pandemic Resources
We are monitoring the rapidly evolving situation surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic and are providing updates on the implications to our clients and colleagues. Check back regularly for new updates.
Rejuvenation With and Without Technology
FROM JODI I want to thank everyone for your birthday and well wishes for my 3-week vacation. It is true. I didn’t read email for just over 3 weeks. I turned off email notifications on my phone. I had no reason to open Outlook, so I didn’t; in the past I have moved the… Read More »
Back to School in Times of COVID … Back to Court?
With the COVID-19 pandemic, navigating the parenting landscape for divorced and split parents has reached a new level of complicated. Back in March, we were faced with the immediate issue of interpretation of parenting time schedules, given their connection to the school calendar. The Texas Supreme Court issued an emergency order to clear things… Read More »
When Life Gives You Lemons, Eat the Lemon
FROM ALYSON Hello! For those of you I don’t have the pleasure of knowing personally just yet, my name is Alyson Falk and I am the other attorney at Lazar Law. While Jodi is away on her on much-deserved annual summer vacation, our exceptional team is hard at work keeping things moving forward for… Read More »
Summer’s Cancelled, but You Still Need a Vacation and Cute Summer Clothes
FROM JODI I was born in Montreal. My family immigrated to Dallas, Texas in the late 60s before I started Kindergarten. Growing up, we were a Canadian family in Texas. There was one summer the doctor had to prescribe air conditioning because of my heat rash, since my mother didn’t turn on the AC… Read More »
Embracing Change & #DoingThings
FROM JODI I am very grateful to all of you who have reached out and encouraged me in my May challenges. They worked! I have fully transitioned to a productive work-from-home life that is both professional and balanced. I am getting outdoors every day. I have a good workday routine, and I come to… Read More »
How to Live Alone in a Pandemic
Adjusting to the new Stay-at-Home reality of this pandemic has been challenging, to say the least. We are now 60 days in, and everyone is talking about the “pivot” – to a new work environment, to a new school environment, to new products or services your business will offer. We are here, in a… Read More »
Lockdown is Ending. It’s Time for Real Pants Again.
From Jodi: At Lazar Law, we have made the decision to continue to work remotely at least through the month of May. We will see what the end of May brings, but we have been able to move our firm online and conduct all our business while we Work From Home. It has been… Read More »
It’s Time to Separate When It’s More Toxic Inside Than Outside
After 6 weeks of quarantine, it has become inevitable in many families that it is time to separate. And while restrictions are lifting, May 2020 will mostly remain stay-at-home. We won’t yet have regular outlets outside the home for distraction. At this point, when we are home 24/7–and home serves as office, school, day… Read More »
Coronavirus and Child Custody
I have recently been interviewed for CNN and BBC Radio. Click to read the CNN article “Navigating Child Custody in the Time of Coronavirus” Click to hear the BBC Radio Newsday interview. Both major news outlets asked me the same question: What do separated or divorced parents do about custody of their children during… Read More »
BBC Newsday: Coping with Child Custody Concerns During COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has raised unique challenges for families with divorced or divorcing co-parents who share time with their children, and families of frontline workers have been coping with the added worry of being at higher risk of exposure. Lazar Law attorney Jodi Lazar appeared on the BBC Newsday live radio broadcast to talk… Read More »
CNN.com: Navigating Child Custody in the Time of Coronavirus
In this CNN.com article, Lazar Law attorney Jodi Lazar discusses the shutdown of the family court system and the impact on co-parents and their custody schedules. “Every day, all day long — it’s the number one issue we’ve dealt with in our office over the last three weeks. I’m sure it will be number… Read More »
Twitter, Takeout And Time To Connect
FROM JODI: What I am learning during this pandemic is that we can stay connected and actually nurture, plant and grow our personal and professional communities, and maybe even merge them a bit into a new form of relationship that lets us share ourselves and our humanity as we go through this together, but… Read More »
Lazar Law Goes Virtual
During the ongoing COVID-19 public health emergency, Lazar Law is committed to doing our part to protect our communities and our team. Our team is now working remotely, and we are conducting business as usual to meet your family law needs. We are a fully-functioning virtual law office. We are continuing to work diligently… Read More »
Winter Getting You Down?
FROM JODI February is over; can you believe it? These have been difficult weeks, and I think everyone is struggling. It has been such a busy month for us at Lazar Law, working on complicated cases; the year is in full swing, and the slog of winter has definitely set in. Lucky for us,… Read More »
Be Bold
FROM JODI I’ve seen a lot of tweets this week along the lines that this month has been the longest year already, and I have to agree, it feels like January 2020 has taken forever to come to a close. I read it is the longest, darkest month of 2020, so congratulations, we’ve made… Read More »
