February: a decided jump, annually, in divorce filings

Last updated on April 8, 2021

For many couples and romantics, the weeks leading up to Valentine’s Day in Georgia and across the country are filled with excitement, planning and anticipating the sweethearts’ holiday. Spouses look forward to intimate dinners, romantic getaways and gifts. Everything about February seems geared toward romance, but it’s actually the busiest month of the year for […]

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Norwegian study links heavy drinking to divorce

Last updated on April 8, 2021

When it comes to alcohol consumption and divorce, couples that drink together, stay together. A study that analyzed divorce among nearly 20,000 married couples in Norway found that compatibility as drinkers may keep couples together. Given the size and scope of the analysis, the study findings might likely be of interest and relevance throughout the […]

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Online dating sites: Fertile ground for divorce-related evidence

Last updated on April 8, 2021

Have you heard of the online dating sites Match.com or eHarmony? Do you perhaps peruse them occasionally or even have an account and active profile on one, both or some other Internet entity? For many persons who do, such sites are valuable tools for social interaction. They save time, energy and provide an important function […]

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Marital contracts: “divorce insurance” providing security, assurance

Last updated on April 8, 2021

When thought through rationally, many people who formerly objected on knee-jerk grounds to the idea of a prenuptial agreement or postnuptial contract in their marriage come to think of those legal instruments in quite different terms. That’s really not surprising, given that, when the emotional response that some persons have when it comes to such […]

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A but tongue in cheek, but … try divorcing to save a few bucks

Last updated on April 8, 2021

Personal finance is one of the hottest topics on the Internet today. Thousands of blogs, podcasts and apps are at your service to help you cut your spending and invest your savings. If you don’t have time to analyze all that information, there’s one step you can take to save money on taxes: get a […]

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Order in child support case garners attention, to be appealed

Last updated on April 8, 2021

It is certainly an extreme and outlier type of case in the realm of child support, but it is not without precedent and could gain some traction in other jurisdictions if it survives legal challenge on appeal. In a nutshell, the case holding — issued recently by an Ohio probate judge — states this: A […]

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Studies point to finances, job status as leading divorce indicators

Last updated on April 8, 2021

Research findings increasingly indicate that, for many couples, financial strain is the predominant catalyst for marital difficulties and, ultimately, divorce. That might not strike all that many people as surprising, although a number of other factors — lifestyle incompatibility, religious differences, disparate views regarding child rearing, education and related family issues — typically come up […]

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Growing popularity of Georgia’s parental accountability courts

Last updated on April 8, 2021

associated with the criminal justice system, especially incarceration, and actively exploring diverse alternatives to it that proponents say reduce recidivism, improve life outlooks for offenders and cost society significantly fewer dollars. One such alternative is readily apparent in a number of Georgia counties, focusing on non-custodial parents who have fallen behind on child support payments. […]

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Taxes and the newly divorced: some considerations and advice

Last updated on April 8, 2021

Every year around this time, newly divorced persons across the country, including in Georgia, confront a novel and, for some, frustratingly complex, experience: filing taxes for the first time in many years as an individual and not in tandem with another person as a married couple. Divorce, as noted by virtually every commentator who has […]

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Advice on “same page” co-parenting for teen children

Last updated on April 8, 2021

Every parent knows that children’s needs for parental attention change as they age. Infants and toddlers demand constant care; school-age children want a little more independence, and teens like to test rules and boundaries. Family therapists stress that, when a family has gone through a divorce, it’s vital that parents develop a parenting plan that […]

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