A recent Reuters article indicates that the focus of more and more stories involving the role of grandparents in the lives of their children and grandchildren following a divorce is being predominantly driven by two solidly emerging trends. First, pure economics is...
Month: July 2012
Alimony Decisions and Gender Roles: Is the System Fair?
Many men think that the system is stacked against them in a divorce. Due to gender stereotypes or simply inertia, their perception is that women are favored in child custody decisions. Many men also believe they tend to get the short end of the stick in alimony or...
Focus and assistance can help in resolving child custody matters
One question looms large for many people who paid more than scant attention to the recent divorce settlement between Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes. Namely, that is this: Given all the dire projections of "experts" concerning how tense and lengthy the discussions would...
Celebrity Divorce: When Religion is an Issue
Although Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are major celebrities who went through a very public divorce, many of the issues they dealt with are common to average Atlanta area couples who decide to part ways. These include division of property, child custody and issues...
Law group seeks to align military child custody rules nationally
For a long time, military families have faced complications in child custody and visitation rights cases because every state has different laws governing some situations. This disparity is worsened by the nomadic nature of military personnel and the high rate of...
What is Marital Property
My husband and I are planning on divorce. His assets are under his parents name and he earns as much as I do. Can I claim any? Answer: I believe the question that you are asking is, do you have any claim to assets that are in your husband's parent's name. The short...
What assets can be divided in a divorce?
Question: My husband and I are planning on divorce. His assets are under his parents name and he earns as much as I do. Can I claim any? Answer: I believe the question that you are asking is, do you have any claim to assets that are in your husband's parent's name....
Financial Infidelity and Divorce: Some Ways to Protect Yourself
Trust can break down in a contentious divorce. Sometimes it happens slowly, over an extended period of time. In other cases, it can happen suddenly, when you realize that your spouse has been misleading you. When misleading behavior concerns finances, it can be so...
Maintaining a financial focus during the divorce process
Finances are often one of the stickiest matters to resolve during divorce proceedings. Outside of the financial assets in the form of cash and other investments, the task of property division can be long, tedious and contentious -- even, sometimes, over seemingly...
Ex-Atlanta Falcons star Rison issued order in child support case
Most long-term football fans know who Andre Rison is. Rison played at a high level for a number of years in the National Football League, including a lengthy stint in Georgia with the Atlanta Falcons. People who don't follow pro sports might not know much -- if...
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