Smoking an emergent factor in many child custody cases

Commentators on child custody sometimes cite a Georgia case from 1998 to show the changing parameters of factors that are being judicially considered in custody matters. In that case, a woman was awarded full custody of her daughter following divorce. The woman and her boyfriend smoked, and the young girl subsequently developed asthma, necessitating medical […]

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Marriage proposals big in February: More support cited for prenups

Even successful marriages end when one of their members passes away. To protect yourself against the pitfalls of divorce and death, many financial and marital experts recommend executing a prenuptial agreement. One common misconception about this agreement is that it is only needed to protect significant assets carried into the marriage by either party. Although […]

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Smartphones: Assuming strong relevance in evidence gathering

Given today’s rapidly evolving and “smart” technology embodied in mobile devices, it seems almost nostalgic and akin to older times envisioning a hired detective doing the legwork in compiling evidence in a divorce matter. Of course, outside evidence gathering by detectives and other parties continues to be an important component in some divorces, but — […]

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Women over 50 initiating “gray divorces” in high numbers

Historically, marriages lasting into a couple’s retirement years have a very high success rate. But recent trends are seeing an unusual spike in divorces among older couples. Stranger still is the instigator of the divorce: More and more, the woman in an older married couple is the one calling for an end to the marriage. […]

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Perry, Brand high-asset divorce termed amicable

Couples obviously do not always fight harder over finances and property matters during a marriage dissolution when a high-asset divorce is in play, but that is certainly a common perception. Where multiple houses and millions of dollars are involved, negotiations often do get protracted and aggressive, with the media being full of stories that have […]

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Proposed bill extends domestic violence prevention services

The Senate Judiciary Committee has voted to extend programs to prevent domestic violence and to make them more robust. If passed, the legislation could also help protect Georgia victims of domestic abuse who are getting a divorce or dissolving a civil union. The Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act (VAWA) amends a 1994 act that sought […]

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Update: Georgia appeals class-action ruling in child support cases

We reported recently on a Georgia-related topic that is garnering an increasing amount of national attention, namely, the incarceration of persons deemed “deadbeat parents” by the state for their delinquency on child support payments (please see our January 9 blog post). As we noted, about 3,500 parents were jailed in the state last year for […]

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Marital nagging: Annoying and sometimes a divorce catalyst

The annoying marital conflict of nagging can be as volatile to the union as adultery, according to a recent study. Nagging is defined as the interaction between two people that occurs when one person makes a repeated statement or request that is ignored by the other person. When nagging is constant in a marriage, it […]

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