In 2009, 25 percent of all divorcing couples were baby boomers. Twenty years ago, boomers made up just 10 percent of divorcing pairs. Dividing a couple's assets and income when they are so close to retirement creates challenges that younger divorcees are unlikely to...
One of the most enduring debates in divorce law and child custody matters involves how much say a child of divorcing parents should have when it comes to how much time the child should spend with each parent. Georgia child custody lawyers and judges agree that a...
"In every single state, a wealthy person is better with a prenup." So says a close observer of the recent marriage of astronomically wealthy Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, who adds that he "cannot comprehend Zuckerberg marrying without one." So, did Zuckerberg and...
As noted in a recent Wall Street Journal article: "It's getting a lot tougher to keep a secret stash." Many commentators, ranging from divorce attorneys and forensic experts to accountants and private investigators, note that both rapidly evolving and firmly...
The president-elect of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML), Alton Abramowitz, calls it a "sea change" when he refers to one solidly emerging trend in family law. Namely, that is the growing number of women following a divorce who are required to make...
Negotiations during a divorce can sometimes bog down over matters relating to child custody and visitation, support issues or asset valuation and division. Oh, yes, and the dog. Although disagreement over pet custody or other animal-related matters is not something...
It might reasonably be expected that a family law proceeding involving a business tycoon and a woman described by the media as "one of the biggest names in modeling" would be centrally about high-asset divorce matters and property division. In the case of...
Spy gadgets have graduated from science fiction and children's toys to serious applications as weapons wielded by some divorcing spouses. With scientific advances that make it easier for hidden technology, such as recording and tracking devices, spouses undergoing...
Here's an idea for a couple proceeding through a high-asset divorce with lots of personal and real property to dispose of and an inability to agree upon anything: Hold an auction, split the proceeds and be done with it. The venue for doing so is called a "divorce...
It is a fathers' rights case regarding child custody and visitation that, as one media article notes, "fathers around the nation are watching." It is also a story about an unmarried father who asserted his rights immediately after his daughter was born four and a half...