Tiger Woods is in one of life’s sand traps – a tough situation that millions of families deal with every year. The events surrounding Tiger Woods’ family continue to draw attention to domestic and family legal issues that affect millions of husbands, wives, domestic partners and children. In the case of Tiger and Elin Woods, only they know for certain what happened and how Tiger ended up in this particular metaphorical bunker. Nevertheless, one thing is certain. Tiger decided that the prudent course of action for him was to: 1) hire a lawyer with extensive defense counsel experience; and 2) keep his mouth shut. Elin Woods also seems to be acting in accordance with good counsel to avoid making incriminating statements and to direct inquiries through an attorney.
Especially in domestic legal matters, where family privacy and the welfare of children may be involved, it is important for spouses and parents to act maturely and, often, with the counsel of a good lawyer. Tiger and Elin Woods appear to be doing so and that may be the most wise thing either of them can do now, since nobody can change the past.
The Above the Law blog does a good job of covering the legal side of the Woods’ story.
Visit the Family Legal Help center for more information about Family Law or Find a Family Lawyer.
Family Lawyers (like Neveen Mcleod pictured here) can help you handle domestic legal matters.
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