Category: Child Custody

Last updated on April 8, 2021

What law applies? Who gets to decide? That choice-of-law question is a sometimes hard consideration that every law school student confronts and wrestles with at some point in school, and it occasionally spills into the real world of law in matters where multiple jurisdictions are involved. An almost textbook example of that fact is provided […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

The recently concluded child custody trial involving the two young sons of internationally known Atlanta R&B singer Usher Raymond and his former spouse, Tameka Foster, spotlights a number of family law issues that are potentially relevant to couples who have gone through a divorce. The couple was married in Georgia and divorced after two years […]

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A parenting plan outlining visitation and child custody in a divorce agreement quite often covers standard holidays and summer vacations, with a clear delineation of the time that the kids spend with each parent (often equally divided). These days, however, many fathers are putting more thought into the time they would like to spend with […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

One question looms large for many people who paid more than scant attention to the recent divorce settlement between Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes. Namely, that is this: Given all the dire projections of “experts” concerning how tense and lengthy the discussions would be concerning child custody, how did the couple manage to reach agreement […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

For a long time, military families have faced complications in child custody and visitation rights cases because every state has different laws governing some situations. This disparity is worsened by the nomadic nature of military personnel and the high rate of overseas service through deployments and other assignments. If a national legal panel gets its […]

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One of the most enduring debates in divorce law and child custody matters involves how much say a child of divorcing parents should have when it comes to how much time the child should spend with each parent. Georgia child custody lawyers and judges agree that a child’s needs should come first when creating a […]

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A recent article in the Washington Times says that “the technological genie is out of the bottle” in a rapidly evolving area of family law, and that courts across the country need to embrace the changes to best promote the interests of many families and children. Specifically, what is being alluded to is the necessary […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

Representative Mike Turner, R-Ohio, touts pro-military legislation that he says “would ensure that being deployed, or the possibility of being deployed, is not used against them [service members] when child custody decisions are made by the courts.” Turner looks forward to passage of a strong new bill that would protect military members’ child custody and […]

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Many Georgia couples who have divorced understand fully well that tax matters invariably crop up following marriage dissolution. Others are not so sure what might be involved, which is hardly surprising, given the complexity of the U.S. Tax Code. An experienced family law attorney, especially one who has handled your divorce and is intimately familiar […]

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