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Canby Connection • november 2013
This Thanksgiving, it might do us
well to remember our roots.
By the President of the United
States of America.
A Proclamation.
The year that is drawing towards
its close, has been filled with the
blessings of fruitful fields and
healthful skies. To these bounties,
which are so constantly enjoyed
that we are prone to forget the
source from which they come, oth-
ers have been added, which are of
so extraordinary a nature, that they
cannot fail to penetrate and soften
even the heart which is habitually
insensible to the ever watchful
providence of Almighty God. In the
midst of a civil war of unequaled
magnitude and severity, which has
sometimes seemed to foreign
States to invite and to provoke
their aggression, peace has been
preserved with all nations, order
has been maintained, the laws have
been respected and obeyed, and
harmony has prevailed everywhere
except in the theatre of military
conflict; while that theatre has
been greatly contracted by the
advancing armies and navies
of the Union. Needful diver-
sions of wealth and of strength
from the fields of peaceful
industry to the national
defense, have not arrested the
plough, the shuttle or the ship;
the axe has enlarged the bor-
ders of our settlements, and
the mines, as well of iron and
coal as of the precious metals,
have yielded even more abun-
dantly than heretofore.
Population has steadily
increased, notwithstanding
the waste that has been made
in the camp, the siege and the
battle-field; and the country,
rejoicing in the consciousness
of augmented strength and
vigor, is permitted to expect
continuance of years with
large increase of freedom. No
human counsel hath devised
nor hath any mortal hand
worked out these great things.
They are the gracious gifts of
the Most High God, who, while
dealing with us in anger for
our sins, hath nevertheless
remembered mercy. It has
seemed to me fit and proper
that they should be solemnly,
reverently and gratefully
acknowledged as with one
heart and one voice by the
whole American People. I do there-
fore invite my fellow citizens in
every part of the United States, and
also those who are at sea and those
who are sojourning in foreign
lands, to set apart and observe the
last Thursday of November next, as
a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to
our beneficent Father who dwelt in
the Heavens. And I recommend to
them that while offering up the
ascriptions justly due to Him for
such singular deliverances and
blessings, they do also, with hum-
ble penitence for our national per-
verseness and disobedience, com-
mend to His tender care all those
who have become widows,
orphans, mourners or sufferers in
the lamentable civil strife in which
we are unavoidably engaged, and
fervently implore the interposition
of the Almighty Hand to heal the
wounds of the nation and to
restore it as soon as may be consis-
tent with the Divine purposes to
the full enjoyment of peace, har-
mony, tranquillity and Union.
In testimony whereof, I have
hereunto set my hand and caused
the Seal of the United States to be
affixed.
Done at the City of Washington,
this Third day of October, in the
year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-three, and
of the Independence of the Unites
States the Eighty-eighth.
By the President: Abraham
Lincoln
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The purpose of this article is to simply outline
the steps which most people will go through in
a typical divorce. In other words, it’s an outline
of the steps that have to be taken to start and
complete a divorce.
You will see very quickly that even a simple
outline of the divorce process shows you how
complicated the dissolution process can be, and
the advisability of hiring a lawyer to help you
through the process and protect your very
important rights to your children and your
property.
1. Seek the assistance of an experienced, spe-
cialized domestic relations attorney.
My common recommendation is to choose
someone that has more than 10 years experi-
ence in law practice and who specializes in
divorce.
Most specialized, experienced domestic rela-
tions attorneys will arrange a free initial consul-
tation at which you should have all of your ini-
tial questions answered and receive a very gen-
eral assessment of your case.
It is at this stage that you work out your
financial relationship with your lawyer: this is
where the Aurora Law Office will work out a
payment plan with you so that you can afford to
start and then complete the divorce. It is our job
to make sure that your divorce is affordable.
2. The first document that is filed is
called the Petition. The first person to
file is called the Petitioner. It really does
not give anyone an advantage to be the
first to file.
The purpose of the petition is to put
the other person (called the
“Respondent”) on notice, in a very gener-
al way, what the issues are in the divorce.
The more general the petition, the
easier it is in the future to change what
you want: for instance if you ask for
“spousal support” you can get any
amount of support in the future. But if
you ask for $100 of spousal support” you
cannot get more than that. So it is best
to be very general in setting out what
you want in the petition.
3. Service of the petition on the
respondent — Once the Petition has
been filed with the court, the court will
give the case a number. That number is
placed on the petition by your attorney
and a copy can be served on the respon-
dent.
Service of the petition cannot occur
without a case number being assigned
by the court.
Once your spouse has received the
service copy of the petition, your spouse
has 30 days to file a response to it in
court. A lawyer hired by your spouse can
extend the 30 days by sending a letter
requesting that the lawyer be given at
least 10 days written notice that you
intend to file a default in court.
A default would be where your
spouse failed to respond to the service of the
petition and you filed a final judgment under
which the court awards you want you want.
4. Filing a Response to the Petition — Once
your spouse has been served with the Petition,
your spouse can file a response in court.
A “Response” is a document which allows
your spouse to say what is agreed to and what
is not agreed to and can be in very general
terms. The most general would be where your
spouse filed a document which said no more
that “Respondent responds and requests a hear-
ing”.
5. Usually once the Response is filed, the par-
ties will exchange documents and attempt to
settle the case. This is where issues of custody,
parenting time, child support, spousal support,
personal and real property will have to be
resolved.
6.Trial — Once a Response has been filed by
your spouse the court will set a court date. Most
of the time the court date is about 4-5 months
after the Response is filed.
If you do not settle the case and provide a
signed Stipulated Judgment of Dissolution of
Marriage to the court, by the time set by the
court for trial, you will attend court and have a
trial.
A trial is where each side is given an opportu-
nity to present evidence, usually in the form of
witnesses who personally appear and testify,
and documents which help the judge under-
stand what you want and why it’s a better thing
to do than that which your spouse is requesting.
The decision that the judge makes at the trial
is the decision you will have to live within your
divorce.
Once the trial is over, you will be officially
divorce only once the judge has signed the final
legal document called a Judgment of
Dissolution of Marriage. This document is usual-
ly submitted after the trial, most of the time
within two to four weeks after the trial is over.
Call 503-678-5275 for more information.
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