Avoiding divorce mistakes: Getting a good attorney at the outset

Last updated on April 8, 2021

A recent media opinion piece by a family mediator focuses on the dissolution experience, noting that it is easy to make material mistakes and be undermined in the divorce process in the absence of cultivating an initial focus and some rational planning decisions at the outset. The upside, notes Michelle Rosen, is that most people […]

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Paternal rights matter to Atlanta fathers

Last updated on April 8, 2021

Over the last 100 years, divorce patterns have drastically changed in America. With the national divorce rate at 50 percent, many Atlanta residents have gone through the often somber process of divorce. Perhaps one of the most daunting statistics to emerge is that 15 percent of all US women are divorced, compared to the early […]

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Georgia: Equitable asset division in high-asset divorce

Last updated on April 8, 2021

As this blog has noted in prior select posts, Georgia is a so-called “equitable property distribution” state rather than a community property state. The central distinction entailed in that is significant and can have a material effect in any divorce proceeding where property division of significant assets is concerned. Community property generally holds that, unless […]

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Divorce mediation: the road to post divorce happiness?

Last updated on April 8, 2021

Nobody ever plans to get divorced during marriage. Several individuals may take precautions such as signing a prenuptial agreement but hope to never use it. The idea of divorce may haunt several Atlanta residents during marriage and even make its way into arguments but most people tend to avoid the dissolution of marriage. But for […]

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Allen Iverson pays child support to avoid jail

Last updated on April 8, 2021

With half of all US marriages reportedly ending in divorce, many Fulton County residents will go through the process at some point in their lives. Child support is often a product of divorce. All around the nation, countless individuals are required by law to pay child support. The problem is that many of them do […]

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Mom and daughter trapped in South America after custody dispute

Last updated on April 8, 2021

Children are easily one of the most important aspects to a parent’s life. Most Georgia parents will put their children at the top of their priority list and do anything they can to help insure they have a good life. But when factors such as divorce present themselves to a child’s life, many parents fear […]

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The house and divorce: generally, the biggest asset to deal with

Last updated on April 8, 2021

For many divorcing parties across the United States, and certainly in Georgia, property division is a key consideration during the dissolution process. That is especially true for marriages of tenure, that is, those that have lasted for a number of years, thus allowing for a couple’s accretion of substantial and different types of assets. And, […]

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Study: arguments over money increase risk of divorce

Last updated on April 8, 2021

There are several reasons couples get divorced but a new study indicates that how often and how early a couple start arguing about finances could increase the risk of divorce. Arguments about money and finances is the top predictor of divorce in the U.S., according to the study by an assistant professor at Kansas State […]

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Postnuptial agreements gaining favor in many high-asset divorces

Last updated on April 8, 2021

In recent years, marital contracts have emerged with greater clarity in the American divorce landscape in Georgia and nationally, with both prenuptial agreements and, to a lesser degree, post-nuptial agreements being increasingly recognized as instruments that can effectively identify and provide for the security of significant assets. Without a doubt, prenups are the more easily […]

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How long am I required to pay child support?

Last updated on April 8, 2021

In Georgia, child support is paid pursuant to statute until a child is 18 years of age or 20 years of age if the child is enrolled in secondary school (meaning high school) full time. So, child support stops at age 18 if the child has graduated from high school, dropped out of high school […]

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