Category: Divorce

Last updated on April 8, 2021

In most divorces, there are a number of outstanding issues that need to be dealt with. One matter that is often at the center of concern — and that frequently emerges as a core contention — is the equitable distribution of marital assets. That immediately preceding sentence references two concepts that are critically important in […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

Money may be the sole focus of some divorcing couples as they spar during the divorce process, but a single-minded focus on lucre as a marriage ends might make for more pain than gain over the long haul. So says Larry, an investment firm founder who provided some dissolution-related views for readers in a recent […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

Marital breakups across the country, including in Georgia, are certainly not cookie-cutter events. That is, divorce in one instance might seem entirely devoid of drama or any material issues at all when viewed from a post-split perspective, with the parting in another case being drama personified. In some breakups, property division is of paramount concern, […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

Perhaps you are a child of divorce in Georgia and contemplating what that’s all about. Obviously, you are far from alone in that description, given the scores of millions of similarly situated people across the country. Still, every divorce is unique, and lingering questions often persist for children who look back on their parents’ failed […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

In Georgia as elsewhere, the focus for divorcing spouses — especially older spouses — is often upon money. Put another way: For obvious reasons, a central consideration in many divorce negotiations is upon identifying all asset sources in a marriage, properly valuing them and then allocating them between the divorcing parties in the manner provided […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

Given that adults are, well, adults, not too many of them probably look back upon marriages from the vantage point of divorce and wonder whether they made a mistake in untying the marital knot. After all, divorce is hardly a casually considered activity, and there are a number of long-term indicators that typically precede it. […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

Perhaps you’ve heard the term “bitcoin” in recent months. Perhaps you even tried paying close attention to one or more discussions centered on what bitcoins are, why they may be important and the role they could play in global economics in the future. Perhaps you even own some bitcoins. Then again, none of the above […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

OK, so most people in Georgia and elsewhere who are contemplating untying the marital knot know that an optimal time for doing so is not when a child’s wedding is just around the corner. Ditto for when a son or daughter is just about to graduate from college. In the world of divorce, “when” can […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

Divorce can be a challenging process, no matter who you are and what your circumstances are. Not only that, but divorce can be costly, particularly in acrimonious cases. One of the ways folks may be able to cut down on expenses, and possibly even on fighting, is to take advantage of an alternative way of […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

Calling it “the exception, not the rule,” one writer on marital dissolution noted in a recent article that a family owned business surviving a divorce is a relative rarity. There are of course many reasons why a business managed by one or both spouses prior to a divorce does not often continue to thrive — […]

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