Some of you who are familiar with the world of reality television will instantly recognize the names Erika Girardi (a.k.a. “Erika Jayne”) and Tom Girardi from the Bravo television show “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.” You will further, likely recall the endless...
Kourtney Bernard-Rance
Supporting Adult Children Post-Divorce
You and your husband have been married for 20 years and share two children. One night, after your children--who were fifteen and fourteen years old at the time--had gone to bed, you and your husband sat down at the dinner table to discuss your marriage. Things were...
The Effect of Joint Physical Custody on Child Support
Joint physical custody, or 50/50 custody as it is sometimes referred, is defined as a custodial arrangement where both parents equally share in the day-to-day care of their children in common. Although with joint physical custody co-parents have the same parenting...
The Case of the Overzealous Advocate
Rule 1.3 of the Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct dictates that an attorney must act with reasonable diligence in representing their client. Further, an attorney should pursue their client’s legal action no matter the obstacles and may take any lawful and ethical...
Revisiting Visitation
What happens when your parenting plan does not contemplate you living in the same state as your children? Consider the following: Parent A and Parent B get divorced in Georgia in 2018. Since Parent A had plans to relocate to New Jersey for employment before the entry...
Tis the Season of Taking
Admit it. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced you to reevaluate certain aspects of your life, like your marriage. After spending every day of the last nine months working from home with your husband, one more family dinner with him chewing with his mouth wide open is...
Contesting Custody as an Undocumented Immigrant
Hearing the car pull into the driveway, Lucas reluctantly gets up from his living room chair and slowly makes his way towards the front door of his Sandy Springs townhome. He flips the porch light on and through the window, catches a glimpse of his estranged wife,...
When the Pillars of Marriage Begin to Crumble
What better way is there to spend my time as a newlywed than talking about divorce? During the months leading up to my nuptials, my husband and I enrolled in a pre-marital counseling course. The course included eight couples to one counselor and a broad discussion on...
Getting your children back when the other parent took them abroad
Sometime during a normal visitation weekend, your former spouse took your children and boarded a plane for Paris. You have custody of your children and did not receive notification about this trip to the city where your ex-spouse grew up.Now you...
The Case for the Travel Deviation
One of the most important values upheld by the state of Georgia and its courts is a parent's obligation to support his or her children. Parents, specifically non-custodial parents, are required by law to provide adequate support for their minor children, and a minor...