My husband and I are planning on divorce. His assets are under his parents name and he earns as much as I do. Can I claim any? Answer: I believe the question that you are asking is, do you have any claim to assets that are in your husband's parent's name. The short...
Question: My husband and I are planning on divorce. His assets are under his parents name and he earns as much as I do. Can I claim any? Answer: I believe the question that you are asking is, do you have any claim to assets that are in your husband's parent's name....
Trust can break down in a contentious divorce. Sometimes it happens slowly, over an extended period of time. In other cases, it can happen suddenly, when you realize that your spouse has been misleading you. When misleading behavior concerns finances, it can be so...
Finances are often one of the stickiest matters to resolve during divorce proceedings. Outside of the financial assets in the form of cash and other investments, the task of property division can be long, tedious and contentious -- even, sometimes, over seemingly...
Most long-term football fans know who Andre Rison is. Rison played at a high level for a number of years in the National Football League, including a lengthy stint in Georgia with the Atlanta Falcons. People who don't follow pro sports might not know much -- if...
We last reported on developing news in former boxing champion Evander Holyfield's child support dispute with the Georgia Department of Human Services (GDHS) in our June 11 blog post. As we noted therein, Holyfield has had continuing and long-term difficulties keeping...
A women recently asked us a divorce question: My husband has filed for divorce. We have been married almost 18 years , turbulent years. He is asking for half of what we have, is that likely? The answer: As a general rule the courts here in Georgia divide marital...
We were recently asked a Paternity and Legitimation question. A Paternity action is when a father brings an action to enforce his rights to visit with a child. A Legitimation action is an action brought by a mother to make the father the legitimate legal father of the...
A women recently asked us: Am I entitiled to a portion of the home, we purchased as common law partners and later married 3 years later The answer: There are three distinct questions here, first were you common law married, two are you entitled to an equitable...
We were recently asked a Paternity and Legitimation question. A Paternity action is when a father brings an action to enforce his rights to visit with a child. A Legitimation action is an action brought by a mother to make the father the legitimate legal father of the...