A client recently asked us if they could continue to have sex while the divorce process was underway. ย Some people might think this is an odd or unusual question but it actually comes up quite a lot. It seems that some people keep having sex even though they are in...
In today's society, higher incomes and more income-earning opportunities for women have leveled the playing field when it comes to divorce settlements. It's no longer an automatic assumption that men will be the ones paying alimony and child support. Men and women...
The website for the Georgia Department of Human Services states that when parents cannot or will not adequately care for their children, "someone must step in to ensure the children's safety." In the case of ex-NFL star running back Jamal Lewis, that "someone" is...
High-asset couples and those of more modest means often have different types of money issues to resolve in a divorce. No matter how sound your financial status seems, however, it makes sense to take a good, hard look at what the end of your marriage is likely to do to...
The immediately preceding blog post entry discussed emerging trends in American life that have fundamentally impacted the role that grandparents play in the lives of their children and grandchildren in many instances. Today's post expands on that topic, especially...
A recent Reuters article indicates that the focus of more and more stories involving the role of grandparents in the lives of their children and grandchildren following a divorce is being predominantly driven by two solidly emerging trends. First, pure economics is...
Many men think that the system is stacked against them in a divorce. Due to gender stereotypes or simply inertia, their perception is that women are favored in child custody decisions. Many men also believe they tend to get the short end of the stick in alimony or...
One question looms large for many people who paid more than scant attention to the recent divorce settlement between Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes. Namely, that is this: Given all the dire projections of "experts" concerning how tense and lengthy the discussions would...
Although Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are major celebrities who went through a very public divorce, many of the issues they dealt with are common to average Atlanta area couples who decide to part ways. These include division of property, child custody and issues...
For a long time, military families have faced complications in child custody and visitation rights cases because every state has different laws governing some situations. This disparity is worsened by the nomadic nature of military personnel and the high rate of...