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...
Month: June 2012
U.S. closer to ratifying Hague Convention child support treaty
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...
In a Divorce, Finding the Sweet Spot Between Too Nasty and Too Nice
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, support, other matters: Problems persist for some athletes
Perhaps the first thing that all newly signed professional athletes should do -- actually, should arguably be required to do and certainly in advance of entering into marriage, buying a house, investing in a business or executing marketing contracts -- is participate...
The alimony debate: Is alimony necessary or outdated?
An author and facilitator of marriage workshops recently offered her views on the issue of alimony in response to questions from her clients, who took one side or the other based on age and marital status. Younger clients felt that alimony following divorce was a...
Changing Privacy Settings Due to Divorce: How to Take the First Steps
When taking the first steps toward getting a divorce, it's important to reorient your sense of privacy. In a close marriage, sharing bank accounts and all sorts of personal passwords can be an expression of intimacy. But when the relationship starts to go bad, sharing...
Kobe Bryant and others: High-asset division in celebrity divorces
In a high-asset divorce, the numbers are relative. In other words, a given divorce proceeding entailing what most people might deem as significant realty and personal assets can be easily eclipsed by one that follows it and features an even weightier property...
Protecting interests in a family business in the event of divorce
In Georgia, a divorce that involves a family-owned business and its various considerations – which can centrally include property valuation, ownership, previous contracts and a host of other matters – can be complex and time-consuming. Although running a family-owned...
Georgia DHS takes boxer Holyfield to court on child support matter
Although a biographical sketch on his website states that he earned more than $230 million from his lengthy and storied boxing career, former world champion Evander Holyfield apparently lacks sufficient funds to get current on child support payments he owes. Holyfield...
Baby boomer divorce: a mindful focus on assets and property division
In 2009, 25 percent of all divorcing couples were baby boomers. Twenty years ago, boomers made up just 10 percent of divorcing pairs. Dividing a couple's assets and income when they are so close to retirement creates challenges that younger divorcees are unlikely to...
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