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Personal Interest
Cryptocurrency: Not Financial Advice
In the world of cryptocurrencies, everything you hear or read is “Not financial advice” (NFA), even when it sounds, looks, and seems like financial advice. This blog entry is no exception. Instead, this blog briefly speaks to considerations for the curious mind,...
The Dangers of Social Media with Co-Parenting
There should be no debate. While social media has some proven benefits, it also opens the door to many negative scenarios. One common pattern in social media that has a negative impact in family law occurs when co-parenting is involved. While social media allows...
Concierge Referral List
It’s pretty common that within a marriage there develops a division of labor between the spouses. One might be in charge of the finances and filing taxes. One might be responsible for all things childcare. Or home maintenance, or car maintenance and insurance, or...
Health is not valued till sickness comes
New COVID-19 cases continue to be reported every day in the State of Georgia. Just last Thursday, 24,000 new cases were reported, according to the data of the Georgia Department of Public Health. We, at The Manely Firm, have been extra vigilant following CDC...
Self Care
Covid is on the war-path, wiping out everyone in its wake. I came down with Covid back in early March, 2020 when I was working on a California custody case out in Santa Barbara. I never felt so close to death. Watching the spread and the mounting death toll in the...
Unexpected Consequences
We live in a powerful age in which life could go on, or it could not. There is much to talk about in this space. Global Warming. Infrastructure bill. Voting Rights. Slow moving coup. Pandemic. Supply Chain. Uneven wealth distribution. Quality of Life choices. Emerging...
HIPAA SHMIPAA
Nowadays, social media is obsessed with private information in the wake of vaccination mandates by business for both customers and employees. While exemptions have to be provided, those businesses are given the right to evaluate someone’s application for an exemption,...
“What is wrong with you?!”
"I thought we were on the same page. I thought we were working for the same things. But you just keep trying to gaslight me. You require me to follow rules though you are making them up as you go, but then you say those rules don't apply to you. How does that work?...
A House Divided Against Itself…
They hadn't gotten along in a long while. He was quick at name calling, disparaging everything she tried to do. They were both supposed to be in charge of the family finances but it didn't work that way. If he wanted something, he just went out and bought it. If she...