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...
Perhaps you are a child of divorce in Georgia and contemplating what that’s all about. Obviously, you are far from alone in that description, given the scores of millions of similarly situated people across the country. Still, every divorce is unique, and...
In Georgia as elsewhere, the focus for divorcing spouses -- especially older spouses -- is often upon money. Put another way: For obvious reasons, a central consideration in many divorce negotiations is upon identifying all asset sources in a marriage, properly...
Given that adults are, well, adults, not too many of them probably look back upon marriages from the vantage point of divorce and wonder whether they made a mistake in untying the marital knot. After all, divorce is hardly a casually considered activity, and there are...
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...
Perhaps you’ve heard the term “bitcoin” in recent months. Perhaps you even tried paying close attention to one or more discussions centered on what bitcoins are, why they may be important and the role they could play in global economics in the...
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...
OK, so most people in Georgia and elsewhere who are contemplating untying the marital knot know that an optimal time for doing so is not when a child’s wedding is just around the corner. Ditto for when a son or daughter is just about to graduate from college. In...
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...
Why do most people enjoy listening to a good comedian? An obvious reason is, of course, that comedians simply make us laugh, but there is clearly much going on at a deeper level that makes some purveyors of mirth immensely attractive to audiences. When you think about...