Giving Gifts to Children, Before or After Divorce

Last updated on April 8, 2021

Some divorces are amicable. Others, however, are fraught with storm and stress. And when you are in the midst of storm and stress, it’s easy to make mistakes – including serious financial mistakes. This post will look at one particular mistake: spending too much money on your kids. This can happen all too easily in […]

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Boxer Holyfield’s mansion sold; support, other issues still in flux

Last updated on April 8, 2021

We last reported on developing news in former boxing champion Evander Holyfield’s child support dispute with the Georgia Department of Human Services (GDHS) in our June 11 blog post. As we noted therein, Holyfield has had continuing and long-term difficulties keeping current with the payment obligations he owes for several of the 12 children he […]

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Where to File, Jurisdiction in Divorce

Last updated on April 8, 2021

A Person recently asked us: How do you determine jurisdiction? Married for 42 years. Primary residence is in Georgia and own condo in Florida. Wife is now staying in Florida since November 2011. I want to file for divorce in Georgia, but how do I know where jurisdiction will be? Answer: The question of Jurisdiction […]

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Paternity and Legitimation

Last updated on April 8, 2021

We were recently asked a Paternity and Legitimation question. A Paternity action is when a father brings an action to enforce his rights to visit with a child. A Legitimation action is an action brought by a mother to make the father the legitimate legal father of the child so that the child can inherit […]

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Paternity and Legitimation question

Last updated on April 8, 2021

We were recently asked a Paternity and Legitimation question. A Paternity action is when a father brings an action to enforce his rights to visit with a child. A Legitimation action is an action brought by a mother to make the father the legitimate legal father of the child so that the child can inherit […]

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Will he get have of our property

Last updated on April 16, 2021

A women recently asked us a divorce question: My husband has filed for divorce. We have been married almost 18 years , turbulent years. He is asking for half of what we have, is that likely? The answer: As a general rule the courts here in Georgia divide marital property equitably. There are two issues […]

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One Cruise-Holmes divorce certainty: page-one media attention

Last updated on April 8, 2021

If you think you might be at a saturation point with Tom Cruise, just wait. That is the assessment of a number of media analysts in the wake of the recent announcement that Cruise and his wife of five years, actress Katie Holmes, are getting a divorce. “Over the next two to three weeks, every […]

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Good Parenting Is Not Merely a Matter of Gender

Last updated on April 8, 2021

Father’s Day was a couple of weeks ago. It’s nice that dads, like moms, get a special day. But it takes more than one day a year to recognize that the role of fathers often goes unappreciated in today’s society. This isn’t just a matter of fathers’ rights in a legal sense -though, to be […]

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Terrell Owens Case Highlights Child Support Issue

Last updated on April 8, 2021

In Atlanta, as elsewhere in the U.S., failure to pay child support can have serious consequences. This is the case regardless of whether the parents who had the child together were ever married and divorced. Even if a couple was never married, child support obligations can come into play. In fact, this is happening right […]

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Amicability during divorce a sometimes overstressed priority

Last updated on April 8, 2021

Many couples whose marriages end in divorce might prefer to go their separate ways entirely. When the time comes for a clean break, though, not every couple has that luxury — particularly if children are involved. When child support and shared child custody are involved, most ex-spouses find it impossible to avoid communicating and being […]

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