Category: Child Custody

Last updated on April 8, 2021

We introduced the subject of grandparents’ visitation and custody prerogatives in our immediately preceding blog post, noting therein that there is a national — though varied — legal scheme allowing for such rights. Georgia is of course centrally on board with its own statutory laws regarding the legal right of grandparents to visit their loved […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

If you’re a Georgia spouse and parent who is about to get divorced and knows little — or nothing — about the process, you might be harboring some ungrounded notions about post-dissolution life. One of those might concern logistics regarding the kids. Perhaps you think that you and your soon-to-be ex will each have refrigerators […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

Why do most people enjoy listening to a good comedian? An obvious reason is, of course, that comedians simply make us laugh, but there is clearly much going on at a deeper level that makes some purveyors of mirth immensely attractive to audiences. When you think about it, laughter often accompanies stories that relate to […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

The passage of a law in Georgia approving marijuana use in some prescribed fashion for persons suffering from medical ailments would obviously cast ripples across a broad sphere of social and legal concerns, including family law. In any discussion centered on medical marijuana use and legislation in the state, though, talk is defined in terms […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

The state of Georgia does not legally recognize either same-sex marriage or same-sex divorce. As we have previously noted, LGBT couples are certainly not well protected under state laws when it comes to family law matters. A recent media article laments the lack of consideration given to gay and lesbian parents in many areas of […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

For an American citizen living in Colorado, Dennis Burns commands a singular — even exceptional — knowledge of the Argentine court system. In fact, he has been personally involved over the past several years with successive rungs of the country’s appellate judiciary, culminating in a ruling by the Supreme Court of Argentina on Valentine’s Day […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

Andres Gomberoff, concededly the brainy type, did what any similarly enterprising guy would do when seeking a solution to a thorny child custody problem: He applied spin-glass mathematical analysis to it. Gomberoff is logically the type of person who might be expected to think a bit outside the box and link esoteric concepts to real […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

A writer in a recent article on family law poses this question: “How did single fatherhood go from terrifying to increasingly normal?” “Normal” is concededly a relative term, but it certainly bears noting that American households with minor children that are run by single dads had increased by a multiple of nine from 1960 to […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

A legal matter that is currently playing out in a neighboring state might likely command some interest for a number of our readers in Georgia and elsewhere. The story’s subject touches upon a number of important family law points, including a judge’s role and discretionary powers in a dispute and the importance of judicial review. […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

Here’s a story on a matter often important in family law that might likely interest our readers in Georgia and elsewhere. Relevant law in one state requires that all child custody proceedings in any case be finished within a 90-day period. One Manhattan, New York, mother has now been involved in a bitter custody dispute […]

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