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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...
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...
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...
One of the most enduring debates in divorce law and child custody matters involves how much say a child of divorcing parents should have when it comes to how much time the child should spend with each parent. Georgia child custody lawyers and judges agree that a...
A recent article in the Washington Times says that "the technological genie is out of the bottle" in a rapidly evolving area of family law, and that courts across the country need to embrace the changes to best promote the interests of many families and children....
Representative Mike Turner, R-Ohio, touts pro-military legislation that he says "would ensure that being deployed, or the possibility of being deployed, is not used against them [service members] when child custody decisions are made by the courts." Turner looks...
Many Georgia couples who have divorced understand fully well that tax matters invariably crop up following marriage dissolution. Others are not so sure what might be involved, which is hardly surprising, given the complexity of the U.S. Tax Code. An experienced family...
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...
Georgia has a sizable Native American population, and a recent family law dispute in neighboring South Carolina underscores the importance of noting that in select adoption proceedings. A child custody dispute that is unfolding between an adoptive South Carolina...
A family law commentator has recently expounded in a newspaper opinion piece on a few points that are important in child custody matters. We pass along those "things to think about" considerations here, since they commonly feature in family law and are equally...
