The division of assets can sometimes be challenging and even contentious in a high-asset divorce case. Assets must be valued at a certain point in time for the court to properly divide them. Although a valuation date may be at any time a court decides, each state has...
When we last left off with the high-asset divorce dispute between a couple often described as the one-time richest married partnership in San Diego County, it was with these words: "Final arguments in the dispute are expected to continue well into the summer months."...
For many separating spouses, obtaining a divorce at precisely the optimal time for doing so when taking into consideration the house, the kids, the assets, the debts and so forth isn't always possible. Every last relevant factor isn't always taken into account and...
In many family law practice areas, the basic legal parameters are well established among the states, with little variation. All states provide for no-fault divorce, New York being the last state to join in, just last year. The "best interests" standard is often...
The "Fatherhood Program" at Athens Technical College has just become the latest victim of budget cuts and dried-up funding that have already closed similar programs at 10 other Georgia colleges. The program was created in 1996, aimed at noncustodial fathers who were...
Government officials and taxpayers from Carroll County and other counties throughout the state and nation are always concerned with the issue of non-custodial parents paying the child support that they owe. In recent years, many cities and counties across the country...
If you're a Georgia resident involved in a high-asset divorce proceeding, and your soon-to-be ex is trying to convince the judge that the bulk of the assets owe to his or her innate genius in acquiring them, you likely don't have to worry unduly that you'll be shut...
If you're one of those people who think that your divorce or pending divorce -- the details, the underlying causes, the outcome -- is really no one else's business, especially your employer's, you'll probably be in strong agreement with the recent federal appeals...
When Georgia courts look at the best interests of the child in child custody matters, they consider a number of factors that collectively influence their judgment. Those include identifying who is the primary caregiver; issues concerning parenting fitness; evidence of...
An interesting website called Salary Money that lets people compute and examine their salary in real time from different perspectives specializes in providing some eye-opening details about the money that celebrities -- especially sports stars -- make. Take Terrell...