On behalf of The Siemon Law Firm | Mar 29, 2012 | High-Asset Divorce
We have until today demurred from posting any details concerning the high-asset divorce proceeding of former NBA basketball star and likely future Hall of Fame player Allen Iverson and his estranged spouse, Tawanna Iverson. The matter is, however, a bona-fide and...
On behalf of The Siemon Law Firm | Mar 26, 2012 | Divorce
New research studying marriage, divorce and the decision to live with your partner before marriage has identified a change in trends that previously suggested cohabitation before marriage increased the odds of divorce for a couple. According to the study, engaged...
On behalf of The Siemon Law Firm | Mar 22, 2012 | Divorce
Although bigamy is certainly not a new crime, discovering it on social networks is something novel. That is what happened recently when a Washington woman discovered on Facebook that her husband had a second wife. After an eight-year marriage, the couple separated but...
On behalf of The Siemon Law Firm | Mar 19, 2012 | High-Asset Divorce
We have noted for readers and highlighted in past blog posts that a high-asset divorce matter can — and usually does — involve a great deal of complexity. Many things can be front and center and require closest scrutiny where complex property division is...
On behalf of The Siemon Law Firm | Mar 15, 2012 | Child Custody
In a child custody case, judges take note of virtually every activity that involves children, whether at home or school. If you are faced with this issue during divorce, staying involved in your children’s daily routine will not go unnoticed. A judge will be...
On behalf of The Siemon Law Firm | Mar 12, 2012 | Divorce
Every year about this time, one thing is evident from the piles of paperwork and assorted documents scattered across the desks and tables of scores of millions of Americans: Once again, it’s tax time, with that mid-April deadline inching closer every day. Some...
On behalf of The Siemon Law Firm | Mar 7, 2012 | High-Asset Divorce
The writer of a recent divorce-related article pointedly asks a question that most people likely do not consider in the lead-up to a split or in the aftermath of a marital dissolution, namely, this: “Should we have to live in fear of our retailers?” Put...
On behalf of The Siemon Law Firm | Mar 5, 2012 | Divorce
Ken Altshuler, the president of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML), confidently makes one prediction about the future: Someday judges in all states, including Georgia, will have recourse to written statutory guidelines to help them decide pet custody...
On behalf of The Siemon Law Firm | Mar 1, 2012 | Child Custody
Every state, including Georgia, provides for grandparent rights to visitation (and, sometimes, custody) of grandchildren, but the thornier question is how a judge should proceed when a child’s parents are united in opposition to visitation. The states are,...
