Center Offers Support for Grieving Children, Families

By Ali Stratton / Journal Staff Writer Sunday, January 24th, 2016 at 12:02am ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Charlie Oldfield snuggled up on the couch next to his mother one night in March 2012. When he woke the next morning, she felt cold. He tried to wake her, but she wouldn’t wake up. His mother, Miriam, had…

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Congratulations to Jan Gilman-Tepper!

Jan was named the Outstanding Attorney of the Year 2015 by the Albuquerque Bar Association at the December Bar Luncheon at the Embassy Suites Hotel. Sandra Morgan Little introduced Jan at the event- “Jan has also been a fantastic partner.  I have practiced with Jan every day of my 37 year practice and Bobbie Batley…

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Our Firm Donates Their Book “Divorce in New Mexico” To 45 Libraries Across the State

  45 libraries across the state of New Mexico received copies of Divorce in New Mexico, a practical guide to the divorce process, as a donation from the attorneys/authors Sandra Morgan Little, Jan Gilman-Tepper, and Roberta Batley.  They recognized the importance of making their book available to all New Mexico residents as a helpful resource.…

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Divorce in New Mexico

Available Now Order your copy of Divorce in New Mexico today! This great resource provides accurate and objective information to help make the right decisions during a divorce in New Mexico.  Divorce attorneys from Little Gilman-Tepper & Batley answer 360 common questions about divorce in New Mexico.  This divorce handbook provides clear and concise responses…

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Family Bar Summit: Shaping the System For the Families We Serve

IAALS, the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System, is a national, independent research center dedicated to facilitating continuous improvement and advancing excellence in the American legal system.  The Honoring Families Initiative identifies and recommends dignified and fair processes for the resolution of divorce, separation, and custody in a manner that is more accessible…

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Children Who “Lose” a Parent

Advice from the experts on successful reunification. by Sandra Morgan Little and Jan B. Gilman-Tepper from the ABA Family Advocate Client Manual: Visitation/Parenting Time Every single day all over this country, children are separated from a parent for a variety of reasons that range from  parental kidnapping, parental alienation, misconduct, incarceration, voluntary abandonment, military deployment,…

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Using a Pre-Nup to Improve Your Chances of Marriage Success

This article was featured on the IACP (the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals) website and is recommended by Sandra Morgan Little of Little, Gilman-Tepper & Batley, P.A.   by Dennis S. Lerner -Practices collaborative marriage and family law in Syracuse, New York In my years of practice as a matrimonial lawyer, I have twice been called…

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AAML Executive Committee Reception in Santa Fe

David Walther Law and Little, Gilman-Tepper & Batley, P.A. hosted a reception for the Executive Committee of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers at the La Posada Hotel in Santa Fe on May 22. In additon to the Executive Committee a number of local attorneys, judges and other professionals attended. AAML Fellows President -Elect Joslin Davis,…

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Supreme Court Decision June 25, 2015

  Today, the United States Supreme Court ruled in the case of Obergefell v. Hodges.  I have asked Michigan AAML Fellow Ric Roane, who created and chaired the AAML LGBT Committee and served as the Academy’s official observer at the Court – where he witnessed the oral arguments firsthand – to help prepare this blog…

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Sandra Morgan Little and “A White Paper”

  The firm of Little, Gilman-Tepper & Batley, P.A. is so proud of partner, Sandra Morgan Little, who was Chair of the American Bar Association Family Law Section Working Group which published in 2005 the ABA FLS “A White Paper” on Same Sex Marriage, Domestic Partnerships, and Non-Traditional Unions. A White Paper has been quoted…

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