Committed Trial-Experienced Attorneys In Atlanta
One of the most common questions potential clients have regarding child support is whether the amount will decrease once their oldest child becomes 18 or graduates from high school. It is a common misconception that child support in Georgia is calculated based upon a...
A recent Yahoo article written by Sarah Carty covered a case where a husband is considering divorcing his wife after she got pregnant when he thought that she was on birth control. The man, 31 years of age, disclosed during the interview that he felt betrayed by his...
Potential clients often ask how preexisting child support orders are treated with regard to the calculation of child support. Preexisting child support orders are taken into consideration when determining child support. However, under Georgia law, there are...
Potential clients often contact our office with the question of what will happen to their retirement benefits upon the filing of a divorce. More specifically, they wonder if their spouse is automatically entitled to half of their benefits. Under Georgia law, both...
Many potential clients contemplating divorce wonder if they are entitled to the proceeds from the sale or refinance of their marital home since it was purchased by their spouse prior to their marriage. Often these potential clients have been told by their spouses that...
Many potential divorce clients unfortunately contact our office after finding out that their spouse has committed adultery. One of the most common questions that these clients have is whether their spouse will be barred from receiving any money from the potential...
Many potential clients wonder what will happen to their pending personal injury or workers' compensation award if either he/she or their spouse files for divorce. They wonder if such an award is marital property and/or if the award will be equally divided between the...
Many potential clients hope that their divorce will be uncontested as opposed to contested. After all, an uncontested divorce is less contentious, less expensive, and typically concludes within a much shorter time frame. However, an uncontested divorce requires that...
Many potential clients wonder if it is a good idea to continue living with their spouse in the marital home while going through a divorce. First, many potential clients mistakenly believe that their spouse has the right to evict them from the marital home. A spouse is...
In the State of Georgia there are categories of criminal offenses that are typically associated with domestic violence. They typically involve instances of abuse between past or present spouses, parent and child or persons living in the same residence. This is...