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Are you a divorcing woman in Georgia or elsewhere who harbors more than a mere suspicion that your soon-to-be ex-husband is going to be less than dependable when it comes to court-ordered payments? Such payments centrally attach to matters like child support and alimony. For obvious reasons, it is critically important that such payment obligations […]
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We noted in a recent article that the divorce rates nationally have ebbed and flowed in recent years in tandem with the so-called Great Recession and subsequent recovery that now seems to be on somewhat steady footing (please see our January 30, 2014, blog post). In other words: Although the unusually harsh financial constraints faced […]
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Our immediately preceding blog post discussed the pernicious and enduring nature of domestic violence across the United States, including in Georgia. We mentioned in that post a program aimed at curbing family violence that is now gaining significant momentum in another state. That initiative seems broadly relevant, and we present its contours here for our […]
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Domestic abuse in a Georgia home or elsewhere nationally is often like a stick of dynamite waiting to go off. It can happen suddenly and explosively, with the victim in many cases having no idea what set off the charge. Indeed, there is often no precipitating factor involved at all in family violence, and there […]
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The common expression, “Leave no stone unturned” certainly applies to the lengthily entitled Georgia Department of Human Services Division of Child Support Services (DCSS) as it goes about its duties. Specifically, its statutorily mandated task of overseeing and enforcing child support payments owed by noncustodial parents. The DCSS has truly sweeping authority to examine and […]
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Debt is still a major issue in Georgia divorces. When we talk about dividing debts and assets in a divorce action, the first issue is to determine if the debt or asset is “marital.” Marital debts and assets are acquired during the marriage by either party regardless of whose name the account is in. If […]
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“If you brought value into a relationship, you should be able to take that value out of it.” So says a divorced man who recently asked for — and received — spousal support following the breakup of his marriage. The man was the lower wage earner in the relationship and spent more time at home […]
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Last updated on April 8, 2021
In Georgia and nationally, the so-called Great Recession of recent years that has been supplanted to a degree by an economic uptick operative since 2010 can be looked at a couple different ways when it comes to divorce. From the perspective of the research group National Marriage Project, the hard economic climate was actually a […]
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The United States is unquestionably a nation that likes to commemorate occasions, ideas, heritages and special concerns by underscoring their importance through formal naming designations marked by particular months each year. For example, Stalking Awareness Month is just one of many formally designated areas of concern that is commemorated each January. In February, American Heart […]
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You can almost hear Americans across the country, from Georgia to California and all points in between, cheering on Carol Bailey as she readies for her stated task next week. That chore: Tracking down every single member of the United States Congress and handing them a copy of something she has written that they really […]
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