Category: Family Law

Last updated on April 8, 2021

Why do many divorcing persons in Georgia and elsewhere across the country automatically state a desire to proceed to the court system when they decide to dissolve their marriage? One family law attorney points to what he sees as a primary reason, with his view likely echoed by many other divorce lawyers. He says that […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

According to a study by the Pew Research Center, statistics support a new reality concerning American fathers, namely this: Literally millions of them have spent time in the house being “stay-at-home” dads, with the number of men doing so in recent years nearly doubling from a generation ago. That little nugget of news alone would […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

We noted in a recent blog post the frenetic activity across the country focused on legal challenges to states’ bans on gay marriages (please see our entry dated May 29, 2014). We informed readers in that article that, while a growing number of states are legalizing gay marital unions, Georgia is not one of those […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

One family therapist make a point that stands as so obvious now that it seems almost impossible that it wasn’t just as obvious to more people years ago. That is this: Given that so many American marriages fail, she says, “it’s really critical that we’re learning how to break up in the least destructive way.” […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

In the singular legal system of the United States, where federalism sometimes dictates a strong national law on one subject and where wide latitude among the states is seen in their regulation of other matters, gay marriage is a notably interesting topic. That is for myriad reasons, of course, perhaps most fundamentally because same-sex marriage […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

It’s certainly no secret in the terrain of family law: Men — many males, indeed — believe without doubt that courts are typically predisposed against their interests and far too often side with women almost instinctively. And that perceived inequity is said to extend across a wide plateau of important considerations, from paternity, legitimation and […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

A natural concern of any single adult male in Georgia who is having relations with a woman and wants to ensure his rights in the event he fathers a child is that he be legally acknowledged as a dad following a pregnancy. Many unmarried men understandably have concerns with paternity and legitimation, wanting to know […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

The term “epidemic” often finds its way into discussions on domestic violence, and for reasons that are manifestly apparent. No locale is immune from family violence, nor does domestic abuse spare any demographic group, whether gauged by race, wealth, marital status or any other measuring device. Gender, of course, is something that is most notable […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

So-called “stay-at-home” moms were far from being a rarity across the United States in previous generations. Indeed, they comprised the norm, with most women remaining at home to manage the household and care for children in lieu of entering the work force. In fact, it is estimated that only about 37 percent of women between […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

Many Georgia residents are still recovering emotionally and financially from the recession that started around 2008. A big part of the recession was the collapse of the housing market. For many here in Georgia and around the county, the dream of home ownership turned into a nightmare. The economy and housing market have largely recovered, […]

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