Georgia has a sizable Native American population, and a recent family law dispute in neighboring South Carolina underscores the importance of noting that in select adoption proceedings. A child custody dispute that is unfolding between an adoptive South Carolina...
Georgia is one of only a handful of states across the country that does not provide lawyers to indigent parents who are facing civil contempt charges in child support matters. As a result of that, an estimated 3,500 parents were jailed in the state last year following...
Antoine Walker, a former NBA All-Star, appeared in court earlier this week over accusations that he hasn't paid child support and tuition to his youngest daughter, according to news reports. Walker is currently going through the bankruptcy process, and because of that...
Divorce can be an emotionally draining, difficult process, and not only for the divorcing couple: Their kids can be doubly affected, experiencing emotional grief from both parents who are splitting up. Georgia divorce experts note that divorce can be notoriously...
If there is one obvious take away from all the Mel Gibson stories that have blared out from media headlines over the past couple years concerning his family life, it must be this: The man is rich. Rich enough, indeed, to have hundreds of millions of dollars left over...
A family law commentator has recently expounded in a newspaper opinion piece on a few points that are important in child custody matters. We pass along those "things to think about" considerations here, since they commonly feature in family law and are equally...
Professional basketball star Kobe Bryant is reputedly the top money maker in his profession. Last year he earned close to $25 million in salary, and he also exercised a contract extension worth more than $80 million. Undoubtedly, his soon-to-be ex-wife Vanessa is well...
A recently released government report shows that many parents who win child custody don't receive the child support they are owed. The report, released this month by the U.S. Census Bureau, includes data from child custody cases in Georgia and other Southeastern...
Not many things change the face of a financial management plan like a divorce does. There are ways to ease the financial changes, and understanding the Internal Revenue Code requirements for handling or reporting alimony can be helpful, when spousal maintenance...
A judge in Connecticut recently ordered a divorcing couple to divulge their passwords used on social networking sites in order for him to gain access and knowledge that might relate to the decision of child custody. Judge Kenneth Shluger regarded his order as part of...