A child custody dispute in a divorce proceeding can range from the relatively benign to the hotly contested. It can be relatively simple and straightforward, or it can involve differing stories, harsh allegations, guardians ad litem, expert witnesses and other...
Month: October 2010
Prenups: Planning Tool to Protect Retirement in Event of Divorce
"Falling in love is romantic, but paying the bills is pragmatic," says American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers ("AAML") President Marlene Eskind Moses in citing the commonsense and growing allure that prenuptial agreements have for individuals and couples seeking to...
Alimony (Spousal Maintenance) in Georgia
Alimony (also commonly known as spousal maintenance or spousal support) was not even recognized under Georgia law prior to 1980. The Divorce Code of 1980 provides that alimony may be awarded by a court in its discretion "if it finds that alimony is necessary."Alimony...
Celebrity Divorces Prominently Illustrate Family Law Concerns
Family law rules and standards - while generally sharing many similarities - are far from being unvaried in their substance and application among the various states.Celebrity cases, owing to their media prominence, sometimes serve to readily point that out. Much is...
Michigan Case Centers Attention on Child Support Law
Child support - often a central component in a divorce settlement - can sometimes take a surreal twist in the aftermath of a separation, especially when the media gets hold of a story like the following, which is admittedly a bit sensational.The tale actually relates...
Georgia Takes Notice of SC Child Support Payment Program
Times are tough, with financial stresses having a discernible impact on the ability of many people to handle their child support obligations.This is true in Georgia, and it is also true in South Carolina, where a new program to target select parents with outstanding...
Parental Alienation: Fiction or Well Established?
Among the responses that the term "parental alienation" elicits, indifference is clearly not one of them. As the American Psychiatric Association seeks to update its manual of diagnostic disorders, the question of whether parental alienation should formally qualify as...
U.S. Resolution Condemns Japan in Abduction/Child Custody Matters
Our immediately preceding blog addressed a growing State Department concern with the difficulties that an increasing number of U.S. military service members are having with international child custody matters, most specifically, with locating and visiting their...
