One can't avoid the headlines - our economy has been in a downward trend for some time. However, there are thousands of people who need help from attorneys as a result of the economy's effects. Bankruptcy is one area, but there are several others.

As my post title suggests: situations involving child support may need to be restructured due to financial circumstances of a parent. Enforcement may also be a big issue. This article published last year (Women economic Stimulus Factsheet) highlights a few things that are very interesting:

• Women are over-represented in the subprime housing market.
• The unemployment rate for women maintaining a family is higher than for men and
• women, generally.
• The median income of female-headed families with children is 57% less than the median income of all families with children.

This doesn't mean that in every case modification or enforcement must be directed due to the circumstances of women - but it show that economic trends may disproportionately sway the type of cases coming to attorneys.

I can think of two attorneys in Los Angeles who are likely seeing things change week by week in this manner: Michael Nathans, Family Law Attorney in West Los Angeles and Robert Gantman, Family Law Attorney in Encino. Both their websites discuss child support, modifications, and enforcement.

Other factors involving family law and the economy include divorce (the obvious), move-aways, custody, and pre-nuptial agreements.