Some sensible tips for older divorcing parties

Last updated on April 8, 2021

Here’s a divorce scenario with real-life implications in Georgia or elsewhere in the country. In deciding how to distribute marital assets in their dissolution, a couple ultimately determines that one spouse will keep the monies saved in a retirement plan, with the other becoming sole owner of the family home. Both assets are nearly identical […]

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Supreme Court’s gay marriage decision: What does it mean?

Last updated on April 8, 2021

There are a lot of hot-button topics on display in the realm of family law these days. Alimony-centered concerns are front and center in several states. The rights of fathers in adoption matters have been underscored in several prominent cases. Stories regarding marital contracts — both prenuptial and postnuptial agreements — never seem to stray […]

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Domestic abuse focus, part 2: identification and curtailment

Last updated on April 8, 2021

There are differing views, of course, as to what constitutes the predominant health concern in the United States. Some people might reasonably weigh in with the view that heart-related diseases top the bill. Others might just as easily point to cancer concerns. The U.S. Surgeon General has an opinion on the subject, and he opts […]

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Identifying, curtailing domestic abuse: Education must come first

Last updated on April 8, 2021

Any television watcher in Georgia or elsewhere across the country with avid viewing habits well notes that a highly singular and specific subject has been dominating the airways recently, on both local and national programs. That subject is domestic violence, which has been a lead story on news broadcasts and talk shows for several weeks […]

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Divorce: Do you need an accountant to go with that?

Last updated on April 8, 2021

The question posed in the above headline begs another query, namely this: How complex is your divorce? That in turn leads to additionally related questions, most of them centered on matters involving the identification, valuation and equitable division of property in your dissolution proceeding. A recent media focus on complex financial considerations asks interesting questions […]

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View: No basis for distinction between married, divorced parents

Last updated on April 8, 2021

In a nutshell, here’s what most disturbs writer and psychologist Robert E. Emery about a perceived irrationality he sees in family law. On the one hand, and regarding a given issue (say, for purposes of discussion, child rearing), a judge will assume a role of passivity and refuse to invoke judicial power. He or she […]

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In some divorces, intellectual property considerations loom large

Last updated on April 8, 2021

A core of common concerns sometimes emerges in many marital dissolutions, revolving around a few select matters. Quite often, and understandably, children emerge front and center in divorce proceedings. What will best promote their interests as regards parental custody? Can a parenting plan be worked out that fairly and comprehensively addresses visitation, holiday schedules, school […]

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Do Georgia grandparents have guaranteed visitation rights?

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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Grandparents’ visitation rights: a national scheme with variances

Last updated on April 8, 2021

In many families across the United States, including in Georgia, grandparents play a central and loving role in the lives of their grandchildren. It is thus far from surprising that, when things break down in a family, the grandparents often step forward to claim a right to maintain a close and meaningful relationship with their […]

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Georgia child support: A deadline tomorrow is indeed material

Last updated on April 8, 2021

Views across a wide spectrum are being expressed regarding a state mandate that is scheduled to kick in from tomorrow and potentially affect scores of thousands of people. One thing is certain: Those affected aren’t going to be happy. Georgia authorities, like their regulatory peers in other states, are routinely concerned with the outstanding obligations […]

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