Paternity and Legitimation question

Last updated on April 8, 2021

We were recently asked a Paternity and Legitimation question. A Paternity action is when a father brings an action to enforce his rights to visit with a child. A Legitimation action is an action brought by a mother to make the father the legitimate legal father of the child so that the child can inherit […]

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Paternity and Legitimation

Last updated on April 8, 2021

We were recently asked a Paternity and Legitimation question. A Paternity action is when a father brings an action to enforce his rights to visit with a child. A Legitimation action is an action brought by a mother to make the father the legitimate legal father of the child so that the child can inherit […]

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One Cruise-Holmes divorce certainty: page-one media attention

Last updated on April 8, 2021

If you think you might be at a saturation point with Tom Cruise, just wait. That is the assessment of a number of media analysts in the wake of the recent announcement that Cruise and his wife of five years, actress Katie Holmes, are getting a divorce. “Over the next two to three weeks, every […]

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Good Parenting Is Not Merely a Matter of Gender

Last updated on April 8, 2021

Father’s Day was a couple of weeks ago. It’s nice that dads, like moms, get a special day. But it takes more than one day a year to recognize that the role of fathers often goes unappreciated in today’s society. This isn’t just a matter of fathers’ rights in a legal sense -though, to be […]

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Terrell Owens Case Highlights Child Support Issue

Last updated on April 8, 2021

In Atlanta, as elsewhere in the U.S., failure to pay child support can have serious consequences. This is the case regardless of whether the parents who had the child together were ever married and divorced. Even if a couple was never married, child support obligations can come into play. In fact, this is happening right […]

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Amicability during divorce a sometimes overstressed priority

Last updated on April 8, 2021

Many couples whose marriages end in divorce might prefer to go their separate ways entirely. When the time comes for a clean break, though, not every couple has that luxury — particularly if children are involved. When child support and shared child custody are involved, most ex-spouses find it impossible to avoid communicating and being […]

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A look at some of history’s truly pricey divorce outcomes

Last updated on April 8, 2021

One particular point prominently jumps out in a newspaper’s examination of some of the most expensive and high-asset divorce settlements in history. That is this: If you are a would-be business tycoon and have a goal of securing an immense amount of wealth, sign a prenuptial agreement with your partner before that outcome is realized. […]

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Health Insurance as a Factor in the Divorce Process

Last updated on April 8, 2021

For many people, a key question when facing divorce is making sure that a marital split does not leave you without health insurance. This is often an issue for women who have become stay-at-home moms, with healthcare through the husband’s job. Of course, gender roles being what they are in Atlanta in 2012, it could […]

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U.S. closer to ratifying Hague Convention child support treaty

Last updated on April 8, 2021

If the language in newly proposed legislation approved by the U.S. House of Representatives is consented to in the Senate, Georgia and other American states would face fewer obstacles in collecting child support payments from parents living in foreign countries. The legislation would ratify an international treaty set forth in 2007 that aims to ensure […]

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In a Divorce, Finding the Sweet Spot Between Too Nasty and Too Nice

Last updated on April 8, 2021

Maybe friends or family members have cautioned you about the downside of a bitter divorce. Though there is wisdom in such concern, the reverse is also true: there can be a downside from being too nice as well. This can be the case no matter where you are in the divorce process. For example, let’s […]

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