Category: Divorce

Last updated on April 8, 2021

Georgia residents know that getting a divorce is often not an easy affair. Making the decision to dissolve a marriage involves more than just the loss of a partner. Some spouses may lose their home or other shared belongings during the divorce mediation process. Separating physical assets is only the beginning. In a divorce there […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

Getting a divorce in Georgia and elsewhere in the United States can range from being quite quick and easy to being complex and protracted. Getting one that involves the legal red tape and complications of more than one country, though, can be a headache few dissolutions domestically can relate to. Many marriages have to address […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

Domestic violence can have many triggers, all of which can pose a serious risk to victimized individuals within the relationship. But with domestic violence murders on the rise, it is worth noting that a common trigger for these violent acts is divorce, separation or the breakup of a romantic relationship. And violence can also be […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

When state law and religious law don’t see eye to eye, there are often complications. Such is the complex situation many Muslim Americans face when seeking a divorce from a marriage performed under Shariah, or Islamic law. Marriages recognized by Shariah are common in some parts of the world, including West Africa, but it’s not […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

Working through the decision to separate can be very emotional. For those Georgians who are contemplating getting a divorce, mediation could be a good thing to look into in order to ease the process. Actor Russell Crowe recently announced his split from wife Danielle Spencer and his separation is giving some people cause to wonder if […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

One spouse’s fear that the other is not being faithful is — and has always been — the central motivation for spousal spying. The big difference now compared to even a year or two ago is in the tools available to check out that suspicion. Just consider the following: GPS trackers so small they can […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

“There is so much technology out there,” says T.J. Ward, an Atlanta private investigator. “You’ve got to be able to counter.” When Ward talks like that, he is surely referring to something like cyber wars between countries trying to crack Internet security systems, or perhaps new ways to conduct modern warfare. Probe just a bit […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

It’s rarely easy to go through it divorce, but to go through one in the public eye? Only a select few know how that feels. Georgians may have heard about one recent celebrity couple’s split: Heidi Klum and singer Seal ended their marriage earlier this year after nearly seven years of being married to each […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

It is not at all surprising that domestic violence is a factor in many divorce cases. After all, intimate partner violence and other forms of domestic abuse are very common in American society. Indeed, domestic assault cases are so frequent that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, whose headquarters are right here in Atlanta, […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

Coping with a divorce is never easy and the difficulties are only magnified when there are children involved. For residents in Georgia and elsewhere, knowing some appropriate ways to be a divorcee and a parent at the same time can help ease the stress of the situation. While children may remind a parent of their […]

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