Child Custody

Anxiety about child custody begins before parents even file the divorce documents. In most cases, both parents love their children and want to preserve the bonds they have already built. Unfortunately, experiencing this type of stress and anxiety can have a negative...

Most of the time, the principal figures in child custody cases are the parents of the children in question. Emotions can run high when parents are pitted against each other when they both want the lion's share of custody. When one parent passes away, however, the...

The best interests of the child, as readers may know, is an important consideration in custody determinations. In fact, it is a central consideration. But, as s recent Georgia case illustrates, there are limits on the application of the best interest standard. The...

For sheer complexity in family law, few things would seem to rival a global child custody dispute, especially one involving the kidnapping of a child by one parent who leaves the United States and vows to keep the child outside the country indefinitely. What can a...

Many things have changed materially in the family law universe in recent years. Marital contracts -- both premarital and postnuptial agreements -- have gained real traction, for example, as increasingly more couples see the rationale underlying such documents and...

Most judges and lawyers of a certain vintage in Georgia and elsewhere can readily harken back to times when child custody outcomes were often far different from what is the case these days. In bygone decades, there was not near as much fluidity and mobility in the...

Thanksgiving is coming up next week, which means that the holiday season is about to begin in a very big way. Holidays are often a difficult time when you are in the midst of a divorce or have just completed one. If you have children and share child custody with your...

Halloween is truly a holiday for the kids. Between the dressing up in costumes and going door-to-door for candy, for many children it is the highlight of their fall. In order for kids to enjoy the holiday though, divorced parents need to be on the same page when it...

At first glance, some aspects of Georgia's child custody laws might seem a bit complex to a reader trying to grapple with central terms and concepts set out in the state's relevant statutory enactments. That is immediately understandable, given the specialized...