Month: April 2011

Last updated on April 8, 2021

Here is a telling statistic for persons in family law disputes who aren’t particularly careful about their social media presence: According to the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, online posts — mostly from Facebook — were introduced into evidence in about 80 percent of all divorce cases over the past five years. We have mentioned […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

When we last visited the Halle Berry child custody dispute, it was to note that Berry and her ex-partner Gabriel Aubry were locked in a court battle over parenting arrangements and Aubry’s access to the couple’s young daughter. Berry and Aubry — who were never married — split up last December, with Aubry quickly thereafter […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

When it comes to child custody and questions regarding the mental or physical capacity of one or both of the parents, family courts throughout Georgia and the rest of the country have wide-ranging powers to control, compel and make orders. “Courts have wide authority to order just about anything once physical or mental capability comes […]

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