There are a lot of hot-button topics on display in the realm of family law these days. Alimony-centered concerns are front and center in several states. The rights of fathers in adoption matters have been underscored in several prominent cases. Stories regarding...
There are differing views, of course, as to what constitutes the predominant health concern in the United States. Some people might reasonably weigh in with the view that heart-related diseases top the bill. Others might just as easily point to cancer concerns. The...
Any television watcher in Georgia or elsewhere across the country with avid viewing habits well notes that a highly singular and specific subject has been dominating the airways recently, on both local and national programs. That subject is domestic violence, which...
The question posed in the above headline begs another query, namely this: How complex is your divorce? That in turn leads to additionally related questions, most of them centered on matters involving the identification, valuation and equitable division of property in...
In a nutshell, here’s what most disturbs writer and psychologist Robert E. Emery about a perceived irrationality he sees in family law. On the one hand, and regarding a given issue (say, for purposes of discussion, child rearing), a judge will assume a role of...
A core of common concerns sometimes emerges in many marital dissolutions, revolving around a few select matters. Quite often, and understandably, children emerge front and center in divorce proceedings. What will best promote their interests as regards parental...
We introduced the subject of grandparents' visitation and custody prerogatives in our immediately preceding blog post, noting therein that there is a national -- though varied -- legal scheme allowing for such rights. Georgia is of course centrally on board with its...
In many families across the United States, including in Georgia, grandparents play a central and loving role in the lives of their grandchildren. It is thus far from surprising that, when things break down in a family, the grandparents often step forward to claim a...
Views across a wide spectrum are being expressed regarding a state mandate that is scheduled to kick in from tomorrow and potentially affect scores of thousands of people. One thing is certain: Those affected aren't going to be happy. Georgia authorities, like their...
A recent domestic abuse incident involving a federal judge from neighboring Alabama that is alleged to have occurred late last Saturday night in a downtown Atlanta hotel spotlights intimate-partner violence that many commentators say is at troublingly high levels...