When kids are part of the picture, divorce actions become exceedingly complicated. Unless parents can agree on the post-divorce redefinition of their family, courts are charged with the daunting task of determining what parenting arrangement would best serve the...
Child Custody And Support
Co-parenting is a Delicate Ecosystem
Four year olds are the opposite of subtle, so it didn’t take a genius to realize the dreaded day had come: my ex moved his girlfriend in with our kids. I hadn’t dreaded it because she was a terrible human, mean to our kids, or even the cause of my divorce. I had...
Can the court dictate your child’s religious upbringing?
Interfaith marriages aren’t exactly uncommon, and they can create a lot of challenges for couples – especially once there are children involved. However, the difficulties of navigating an interfaith marriage may be nothing compared to the problems you can encounter...
What Can Child Support Money Be Used For?
As a law firm specializing in family law, we understand that child support is an important and often emotional issue for many parents. That is why we highly recommend that parents going through a divorce or custody case familiarize themselves with child support laws...
Guardian ad Litem: An Allied Force or Wild Card?
Often you will hear mention of a Guardian ad Litem, or “GAL,” being involved when custody is contested. If your case is a divorce involving children, or a modification of custody, it is possible that a Guardian ad Litem may be added to your case either by your own...
Thank You For All That You Do
“Who’s ready to open presents?” Kelly’s sing-song voice rang out across her home Christmas morning, the melody enticing her three children to follow the sweet sound to the Christmas Tree. Within seconds, Kelly heard a great clamoring down the stairs as Taylor, Bryan...
The Wild Wild West: The Unique Nature of Juvenile Court Cases
The vast majority of family law cases are handled within the Superior Court, which is a State level court of general oversight that handles both civil and criminal cases. Juvenile Courts are specific to issues of child dependency and delinquency. On occasion, a case...
What is an emergency in a custody case?
Concerned parents often come to us when they don’t know what to do and they believe the primary physical custodian is putting the child in harm’s way. Sometimes noncustodial parents immediately take action and decide not to return the child to the primary physical...
A War On Two Fronts: the Courtroom & the Livingroom
His phone buzzed in his slacks pocket, his foot tapping the nerves out as he waited to be called to the stand. The Courtroom was uncomfortably cold. The chair he sat on, uncomfortably hard. The Judge sitting up at the bench did not look particularly pleased to be...
A Very Happy Unbirthday! Going Down the Rabbit Hole of Georgia’s Heartbeat Bill
In anticipation of a challenge to Roe v. Wade, the case which in 1973 set the precedent that abortion could not be made entirely inaccessible as a private medical matter, many states including Georgia created new legislation. There were two primary categories to this...