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Our immediately preceding blog post discussed the advisability for divorcing couples in many instances to solicit the professional help of an established family law attorney with a proven background in property division matters. The reason for that: Not only do many couples have significant assets residing in real estate holdings, family businesses, art, jewelry, automobiles […]
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Last updated on April 8, 2021
Here’s a hypothetical that, while fictional, rings largely true in certain aspects for literally millions of divorcing couples across the country, including in Georgia. You’re getting divorced after, say, 15-20 years of marriage (maybe more). During your marriage, you and your spouse both worked, with both of you contributing assets as you could to various […]
Continue reading Retirement accounts: a big part of the equation in many divorces ...
Last updated on April 8, 2021
Laws in Georgia and elsewhere across the country have evolved over the years to more fairly treat good dads who are in court trying to seek meaningful arrangements in child custody matters. Many men still feel awkward, misplaced and at a disadvantage, though, when before a family law judge and seeking an equitable outcome to […]
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A select few Georgia fathers and mothers know what it feels like to be “left behind” parents. That term is used to describe international child custody situations in which parents from the United States are forced to return home without the children that the other parent took to another country without permission or legal authority […]
Continue reading After years of cajoling, Japan inks global custody pact ...
Last updated on April 8, 2021
Many persons contemplating a Georgia divorce believe that the process for doing so is standard and monolithic, that is, divorcing parties hire attorneys and litigate all relevant aspects of their dissolution in court and in a formalized manner. Although that is certainly true in many cases and representative of what might be termed the “customary” […]
Continue reading The divorce process: more fluid, flexible than many people know ...
Last updated on April 8, 2021
Many family law commentators across the country have been noting for several years now the growing acceptance of prenuptial agreements and marital contracts generally (including postnuptial agreements) among an ever-larger American audience. For many, the stigma once undeniably associated with a written understanding regarding asset preservation and division in the event of a divorce has […]
Continue reading Prenup not an option? You might want to consider a divorce trust. ...
Last updated on April 8, 2021
The historical alimony paradigm in Georgia and throughout the rest of the country has often been noted and explained. Imagine — and many younger persons and couples really can’t — a bygone time when in an overwhelming number of cases husband/dad worked all day outside the house and brought back the family check, while wife/mom […]
Continue reading Divorce and alimony: The 21st century is not, well, the 1960s ...
Last updated on April 8, 2021
“Increased mobility — both personal and career — acts as a pressure valve for backlogged marital discontent.” So says the founder of one divorce-related Internet site, and what he means is this: When times are financially tight, couples in Georgia and elsewhere who might otherwise divorce often stay together longer than intended out of economic […]
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Last updated on April 8, 2021
One tangential and unfortunate byproduct of some relationships, both ongoing and following divorce or separation, is family violence, especially acts of domestic abuse that are committed by one partner against another, or against children. In Georgia and throughout the rest of the country, much about domestic violence that was kept quiet and shrouded in secrecy […]
Continue reading Federal lawsuit highlights irony in domestic violence statute ...
Last updated on August 2, 2024
It is a maxim in family law that every divorce is unique, and that is far from surprising, given the differences that exist in every family. In a certain instance, a couple might be able to end their marriage with relatively few or even no sticking points to negotiate and agree upon in a divorce […]
Continue reading Divorce forgery highlights issue of religion in family law ...
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