In our immediately preceding blog post, we noted a phenomenon that one sociology professor and author terms a “counterintuitive” reality in the realm of family law. That is this: Although certain evidence has shown over time that marriages are more...
Various studies, coupled with anecdotal evidence, suggest that many relationships first become notably vulnerable to pressures and collapse after a handful-plus of years. A writer in a recent CNN article notes a timeframe between seven and 10 years when this often...
Here’s a story on a matter often important in family law that might likely interest our readers in Georgia and elsewhere. Relevant law in one state requires that all child custody proceedings in any case be finished within a 90-day period. One Manhattan, New...
For increasing numbers of Americans, one family law consideration is becoming progressively more of a problem. Namely, that is this: Child support collection is far from easy for ever-more custodial parents, notwithstanding a court order or other mandate from a state...
Most Georgia residents and people elsewhere across the country are well accustomed to perusing, negotiating and executing agreements across a wide spectrum of matters. Indeed, many of us expect and insist upon it, not wanting to be shortchanged down the road or...
Parents in Georgia going through a divorce may want to give special attention to the issue of child support. A recent article in discussed the plight of a woman with three children from a previous marriage, who is currently married to a man with two children of his...
Spousal support in Georgia can often be an uncertain topic. That is, the guidelines for evaluating and awarding alimony are subjective and largely left to a judge's discretion. The result can be highly dissimilar awards handed down in cases where marriage duration,...
OK, the court-mandated check from your former spouse didn’t arrive … again. Owing to that, financial matters -- especially those relating to required outlays on the kids -- seem ever-more perilous. What do you do? The above situation and self-asked...
OK, you finally got around to signing that contract a few of your friends were constantly reminding you about. It wasn’t that bad -- an online boilerplate document entitled “Prenuptial Agreement” that you and the soon-to-be spouse ran through in...
Here’s an interesting twist on visitation in the family law context, in Georgia and everywhere else across the country. You and your ex-spouse have just divorced. Your spouse has been awarded child custody of the kids, and you have visitation rights as the...