Noted crime novelist Elmore Leonard in high-asset divorce

Last updated on April 8, 2021

As we have remarked to our readers many times in prior blog posts, every divorce is unique, with the factors and considerations involved highly singular for each separating couple. Sometimes there is not much to contest or argue about, with dissolution being a simple, quick and quite straightforward matter. At other times, especially when considerable […]

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Asset valuation key in divorce settlement

Last updated on April 8, 2021

The division of assets can sometimes be challenging and even contentious in a high-asset divorce case. Assets must be valued at a certain point in time for the court to properly divide them. Although a valuation date may be at any time a court decides, each state has a specific rule it tries to abide […]

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High-asset divorce ruling reached six years after couple splits

Last updated on April 8, 2021

When we last left off with the high-asset divorce dispute between a couple often described as the one-time richest married partnership in San Diego County, it was with these words: “Final arguments in the dispute are expected to continue well into the summer months.” We wrote that in our March 30 blog post, and it […]

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Pre-divorce planning can improve post-divorce financial outlook

Last updated on April 8, 2021

For many separating spouses, obtaining a divorce at precisely the optimal time for doing so when taking into consideration the house, the kids, the assets, the debts and so forth isn’t always possible. Every last relevant factor isn’t always taken into account and tidied up prior to a marital dissolution. Sometimes that simply isn’t possible. […]

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Georgia, other states vary in regard to alimony

Last updated on April 8, 2021

In many family law practice areas, the basic legal parameters are well established among the states, with little variation. All states provide for no-fault divorce, New York being the last state to join in, just last year. The “best interests” standard is often centrally at work in matters involving children. There are certainly exceptions, though, […]

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The importance of attending to divorce taxation matters

Last updated on April 8, 2021

A national association that researches and analyzes business and tax issues related to divorce is holding its ninth annual conference on divorce taxation in New York this coming weekend. A central focus of this year’s gathering is tax misconceptions that are commonly held by divorcing persons, some of which might be particularly relevant to high-asset […]

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Funding Cut for Georgia Colleges’ Fatherhood Program Enrollees

Last updated on April 8, 2021

The “Fatherhood Program” at Athens Technical College has just become the latest victim of budget cuts and dried-up funding that have already closed similar programs at 10 other Georgia colleges. The program was created in 1996, aimed at noncustodial fathers who were not meeting their child support obligations. It quickly expanded to encompass participants in […]

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Focus: Carroll County’s Child Support Problem Solving Court

Last updated on April 8, 2021

Government officials and taxpayers from Carroll County and other counties throughout the state and nation are always concerned with the issue of non-custodial parents paying the child support that they owe. In recent years, many cities and counties across the country have set up government programs that help ensure continuing support obligations are met. Carroll […]

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Equitable Distribution of Marital Assets: “Genius” is Not a Factor

Last updated on April 8, 2021

If you’re a Georgia resident involved in a high-asset divorce proceeding, and your soon-to-be ex is trying to convince the judge that the bulk of the assets owe to his or her innate genius in acquiring them, you likely don’t have to worry unduly that you’ll be shut out by not having an equally lofty […]

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Airlines Loses Case Questioning Validity of Pilots’ Divorces

Last updated on April 8, 2021

If you’re one of those people who think that your divorce or pending divorce — the details, the underlying causes, the outcome — is really no one else’s business, especially your employer’s, you’ll probably be in strong agreement with the recent federal appeals court decision in a case concerning Continental Airlines and a number of […]

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