According to research, there are both biological and psychological reasons of why children do better when they have actively involved fathers. Having an actively involved father can influence a child’s psychological, cognitive, and social development. Overall,...
Child Custody And Support
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...
International custody cases: Handling your child’s care
When separated or divorced parents live in two different countries, the already-complex child custody process can become even more difficult. There are many cultural benefits your child gets to experience by living in two different countries. But as a parent, you are...
Protecting the Future: What exactly are the “Best Interests of the Child”?
When children are involved in a custody battle between adults, whether it is an initial dispute or a modification action down the line, you’ll often hear the phrase “best interests of the child.” Legally, the custody arrangement standard is based upon this principle....
Since U Been Gone, I’ve Paying over $45,000 in Child Support
Kelly Clarkson has just settled her divorce from her husband of more than seven years. What is more surprising: the American Idol star paying $45,601.00 per month in child support or that she has primary physical custody of their two children and is still paying...
What is Better than a Wife? (Part I)
She leaned against the marble counter top, hand absently rubbing her swollen belly, while she looked out over the beautifully decorated mansion she needed to say goodbye to. Seven months pregnant, with no money to go and no right to stay: He had given her ‘till...
Inflation and Child Support
The buzzword on the nightly news these days is inflation. Over the past couple of years we’ve experienced all number of supply chain issues, employee shortages, employer shortages, and an ever-increasing cost of goods. If you’ve tried to buy a car in the past 12...
What factors may influence how much child support is paid?
Georgia takes an “income-sharing” approach to determining child support. The court uses a set of complex mathematical guidelines to calculate each parent’s income, minus deductions, to determine how much is owed to the noncustodial parent. However, determining child...
The COVID Compromise
New year, new month, new day, new client, it doesn’t matter. Generally, attorneys and judges will always advise clients to stick to their custody and visitation agreements to avoid the constant courtroom battles. However because COVID-19 insists on going on a full...
A Family Legacy- Part Three
Across the room, the case name is announced by a booming voice. As I stand from my spot a few rows back, I watch as the mother of my son and her husband rise together. I can see in her frame her movements are achingly slow, pained. Her husband’s helps her shuffle from...