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Studies point to finances, job status as leading divorce indicators

Last updated on April 8, 2021

Research findings increasingly indicate that, for many couples, financial strain is the predominant catalyst for marital difficulties and, ultimately, divorce. That might not strike all that many people as surprising, although a number of other factors — lifestyle incompatibility, religious differences, disparate views regarding child rearing, education and related family issues — typically come up […]

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Growing popularity of Georgia’s parental accountability courts

Last updated on April 8, 2021

associated with the criminal justice system, especially incarceration, and actively exploring diverse alternatives to it that proponents say reduce recidivism, improve life outlooks for offenders and cost society significantly fewer dollars. One such alternative is readily apparent in a number of Georgia counties, focusing on non-custodial parents who have fallen behind on child support payments. […]

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Taxes and the newly divorced: some considerations and advice

Last updated on April 8, 2021

Every year around this time, newly divorced persons across the country, including in Georgia, confront a novel and, for some, frustratingly complex, experience: filing taxes for the first time in many years as an individual and not in tandem with another person as a married couple. Divorce, as noted by virtually every commentator who has […]

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Advice on “same page” co-parenting for teen children

Last updated on April 8, 2021

Every parent knows that children’s needs for parental attention change as they age. Infants and toddlers demand constant care; school-age children want a little more independence, and teens like to test rules and boundaries. Family therapists stress that, when a family has gone through a divorce, it’s vital that parents develop a parenting plan that […]

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Court finds for dad who never consented to daughter’s adoption

Last updated on April 8, 2021

For many people, few things tug at the heart more than child custody cases that drag on and are marked by lack of clarity regarding an outcome that is clearly in a child’s best interest. Many divorce cases featuring child custody issues are devoid of such concerns, but for those that aren’t, the decisions that […]

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Iverson, Cleese divorces centered on property division

Last updated on April 8, 2021

Two high-profile and high-asset divorce cases centrally featuring property division illustrate the various ways in which couples negotiate divorce settlements and reach solutions in their divorce agreements that allow for them to move forward. One such divorce proceeding involves former professional basketball player Allen Iverson and his wife Tawanna, who just reached agreement on their […]

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Opinion: One working dad’s view on divorced dads in the workplace

Last updated on April 8, 2021

Single dads who have custody of their children don’t get the same breaks at work as single moms. That’s the conclusion of a single father who has published an account of the subtle discrimination he encounters in the workplace, where single moms enjoy lenient treatment and flexible schedules, but single dads are expected to let […]

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Georgia child support: General info, role of proven legal counsel

Last updated on April 8, 2021

Georgia parents contemplating divorce often and for obvious reasons are centrally concerned with matters surrounding child support, with distinct and quite separate issues coming into play for a parent seeking support and the parent who will be tasked to pay it, respectively. Through its website, the State of Georgia seeks to respond to those questions […]

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Kobe Bryant and wife say reconciled, nix divorce plans

Last updated on April 8, 2021

After previously announcing their intent to divorce, NBA star Kobe Bryant and wife Vanessa Bryant have canceled their divorce plans and now intend to remain married. The announcement came via Instagram, where the wife revealed to followers that they are now officially back together. As a result, the divorce action currently in court will soon […]

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Divorce considerations and dual citizenship

Last updated on April 8, 2021

Jeff Landers, an author on divorce, recently wrote an article for Forbes in which he discussed some of the special considerations relating to divorce in instances when one or both of the spouses have dual citizenship. His advice at the very outset: Secure a qualified divorce team that will know the answers to or help […]

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