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Domestic abuse in a Georgia home or elsewhere nationally is often like a stick of dynamite waiting to go off. It can happen suddenly and explosively, with the victim in many cases having no idea what set off the charge. Indeed, there is often no precipitating factor involved at all in family violence, and there […]
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The common expression, “Leave no stone unturned” certainly applies to the lengthily entitled Georgia Department of Human Services Division of Child Support Services (DCSS) as it goes about its duties. Specifically, its statutorily mandated task of overseeing and enforcing child support payments owed by noncustodial parents. The DCSS has truly sweeping authority to examine and […]
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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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“If you brought value into a relationship, you should be able to take that value out of it.” So says a divorced man who recently asked for — and received — spousal support following the breakup of his marriage. The man was the lower wage earner in the relationship and spent more time at home […]
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In Georgia and nationally, the so-called Great Recession of recent years that has been supplanted to a degree by an economic uptick operative since 2010 can be looked at a couple different ways when it comes to divorce. From the perspective of the research group National Marriage Project, the hard economic climate was actually a […]
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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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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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The acronym RICO is most often associated with conduct typically involving an established pattern of unlawful behavior by a criminal enterprise such as a drug cartel or prostitution ring. That close association with organized crime makes the application of the federal Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act to alleged wrongdoing in the realm of adoption […]
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Violence against victims in Georgia and nationally obviously takes many forms. With increased frequency, stalking is becoming more of a problem across the country, with millions of persons being victimized by this form of harassment. As is widely reported, both women and men — and, increasingly, children — are victims of stalking, which can assume […]
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Many people are familiar with the prenuptial agreement, but post-nuptial agreements are becoming increasingly common and important. Stay-at-home parents in particular can benefit from these types of agreements, which are very similar to prenups except they are drawn up and signed after the marriage instead of before. A post-nuptial agreement, or postnup, spells out how […]
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