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...
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Celebrity Divorces Prominently Illustrate Family Law Concerns
On Behalf of Hill Macdonald, LLC | Oct 19, 2010 | Property Division
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
On Behalf of Hill Macdonald, LLC | Oct 14, 2010 | Child Support
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
On Behalf of Hill Macdonald, LLC | Oct 12, 2010 | Child Support
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?
On Behalf of Hill Macdonald, LLC | Oct 7, 2010 | Child Custody
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
On Behalf of Hill Macdonald, LLC | Oct 4, 2010 | Child Custody
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...
Overseas Child-Custody Battles in Military Receive DOD Attention
On Behalf of Hill Macdonald, LLC | Sep 30, 2010 | Child Custody
One of our recent blogs featured a story that demonstrates how a child custody matter can take on extra layers of complexity when it has an international twist. In the case we described, a Georgia resident is seeking custody of his son, who was taken by his ex-spouse...
Post-Divorce: Stress on the “Binuclear” Family
On Behalf of Hill Macdonald, LLC | Sep 27, 2010 | Divorce
As they so often seem to do, celebrities serve to signify trends and spotlight issues (think Angelina Jolie and world hunger, Sean Pitt and his Haiti volunteer work, Kevin Costner and his recent Capitol Hill appearances regarding the BP oil spill and clean-up...
International Intrigue in Georgia Child Custody Dispute
On Behalf of Hill Macdonald, LLC | Sep 23, 2010 | Child Custody
In a recent blog, we discussed an American Bar Association survey in which 1,200 judges participated and collectively voiced a strong view that self-representation without benefit of a knowledgeable and diligent attorney is, in most legal matters, decidedly...
Georgia Sponsors Innovative Child Support Court
On Behalf of Hill Macdonald, LLC | Sep 20, 2010 | Child Support
Saying that, "We have had calls from all over the state of Georgia," employee Blue Cole points to the growing success of a fledgling state-sponsored program aimed at helping non-custodial parents find and keep work, stay out of trouble and make timely child support...
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