Category: Divorce

Last updated on April 8, 2021

Most of our readers in Georgia and elsewhere have likely heard the term “cookie cutter” as applied to some protocol or process, denoting it as a straightforward and standard technique that broadly — rather than individually — applies to some application. Divorce is not a process to which a cookie-cutter blueprint should apply. So says […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

“Conscious uncoupling.” That is the word choice employed by actress Gwyneth Paltrow recently to relate the news that she and her husband, rock star Chris Martin, are divorcing after a number of years. Paltrow and Martin have two children. We don’t normally include much in the way of celebrity-related divorce articles in our blog, although […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

Millions of spouses work together across the country as co-owners of varied businesses. And millions of those marital and business partners divorce. What is the ideal outcome for a family-owned business where ex-spouses toil side by side when divorce becomes the required solution for a soured marriage? Should they stay together as business partners? Should […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

We noted in a recent article that the divorce rates nationally have ebbed and flowed in recent years in tandem with the so-called Great Recession and subsequent recovery that now seems to be on somewhat steady footing (please see our January 30, 2014, blog post). In other words: Although the unusually harsh financial constraints faced […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

Debt is still a major issue in Georgia divorces. When we talk about dividing debts and assets in a divorce action, the first issue is to determine if the debt or asset is “marital.” Marital debts and assets are acquired during the marriage by either party regardless of whose name the account is in. If […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

The United States is unquestionably a nation that likes to commemorate occasions, ideas, heritages and special concerns by underscoring their importance through formal naming designations marked by particular months each year. For example, Stalking Awareness Month is just one of many formally designated areas of concern that is commemorated each January. In February, American Heart […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

You can almost hear Americans across the country, from Georgia to California and all points in between, cheering on Carol Bailey as she readies for her stated task next week. That chore: Tracking down every single member of the United States Congress and handing them a copy of something she has written that they really […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

It was once almost unheard of for ex-spouses to get along during or after a divorce, but more and more divorced, or soon-to-be-divorced, couples are attempting to put aside their differences for the sake of the family and children. Some are purposefully living mere blocks away from each other or continuing to spend holidays and […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

Many Atlanta residents hold their pets near and dear. In fact, a number of people consider their pets to be their children. As such, pet custody is a very difficult issue for many couples in the event of divorce.  Typically, it is best for those who are going through a divorce to attempt to come […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

A recent family law-related article makes this central claim about mediation as a dispute resolution mechanism: Mediation, notes the media piece, serves “to help people make decisions while resolving conflict constructively.” To the extent that is true (and there is a lot of study-based and anecdotal evidence indicating that it is), it immediately identifies the […]

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