Category: Divorce

Last updated on April 8, 2021

Why might ultra-wealthy families in Georgia and elsewhere seek to avail themselves of a so-called “alternative dispute resolution” process rather than proceeding to a courtroom to effect a divorce? The acronym ADR is often used as a shorthand to denote family law processes such as divorce mediation or collaborative divorce, which are avenues that a […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

Divorce does not always get the respect it deserves. It is a major life decision, which means that it can be emotional, stressful and confusing. The divorce process is not easy for everyone. That is true, but many people look back on the experience and realize it was the best decision they could have made. […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

Many people in Georgia are aware of the fact that divorce can put a strain on your finances. Going from two salaries to one is enough to prompt some re-budgeting for most people. And while couples going through a divorce are often very focused on dividing their assets — including bank accounts — and determining […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

Here’s the short and quick answer to that above-posed headline question: Yes. Well, maybe. You know — heck, we all know — that the Internal Revenue Service is staffed by fairly serious people who zero in hard when they suspect tax irregularities and do not turn the cheek when they discover hard proofs evidencing fraudulent […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

That above headline admonition seems rather obvious and self-explanatory, doesn’t it? Written any number of ways, its central message is this: if you’re presently involved in divorce negotiations in Georgia or elsewhere, look past the drying ink on the divorce decree as you’re working your way through dissolution-related money matters. Because, if you don’t, you’re […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

Hero or cad. Nurturer or despoiler. Team builder or relationship wrecker. Such dichotomies logically emerge for many couples during divorce negotiations and following the execution of a divorce decree. Feelings are hurt. Bridges are burnt. Things are obviously tense between the divorcing or just-divorced parties — after all, marital dissolution is the flip side of […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

We noted in a blog post last year the global Vatican synod comprised of about 200 bishops from across the world that focused upon a number of high-profile matters. One of those issues was divorce, with our blog post dated October 20, 2014, stating that one topic “at the forefront of interest and concern is […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

One age group demographic that financial planners, family law researchers and certainly experienced divorce lawyers are readily focused upon when it comes to the subject of divorce and retirement savings is the 50-plus crowd. The reason for that is, of course, evident: Older individuals have less time than do comparative youngsters to ramp up savings […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

It’s an annual imprint on the American psyche, with scores of millions of Americans each year turning to recurrent and materially important subject matter just around this time. We’re talking taxes, which some people happily anticipate filing, given their expectations of a return from Uncle Sam, with others, well …. Either way, income tax filing […]

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