When going through a family law case involving children, whether it is divorce or a modification of custody action, the focus is often on who is going to have primary custody (if anyone) rather than where that legal relationship with the children is going to be. There...
Family Law
The Art of the Emergency Hearing
Going through divorce is hard enough. Facing a custody battle with your soon to be ex can be excruciating. Losing a loved one in the face of having children or grandchildren who need your help, your care, all of this is new territory, something unfamiliar and...
My Passion, My Purpose
My name is Emily E. McClarty, and I am a new Associate Attorney at The Manely Firm. My journey from the bustling streets of Alpharetta, Georgia, to the rugged landscapes of Wyoming's College of Law has been nothing short of an adventure. Growing up in Georgia, music...
Anchored in the Community
Thursday night, the stars shined brightly in downtown Savannah as The Mediation Center of the Coastal Empire held it’s 7th annual fundraiser. The Mediation Center serves all of Southeast Georgia, providing civil and domestic mediation services, peer mediation...
If you want your day in Court, make sure you get it recorded.
“Is there a court reporter?” “Is this being taken down pursuant to the rule?” These questions are asked in court rooms from Muscogee County to Camden County, Fulton County to Chatham County, Gwinnett County to Cobb County and everywhere in between in Georgia on any...
Am I married in the United States if I married my spouse in a foreign country?
Considering that we at The Manely Firm. P.C. specialize in Family and International Family Law, one of the most common questions people ask us is as follows: “If I got married in a foreign country, am I still married in the United States?” For example, if I got...
Standards
How are your New Year’s resolutions holding up? Did you make any? Are you still adhering to them? Did you start a new diet? A new workout regimen? Start a personal growth journey? These are all goals. One approach to setting goals is to look at yourself and your...
Is It Time To File? (A Short Quiz)
It’s over. Your divorce is finalized, the final order has been entered and all has finally been agreed to (or decided for you). The nightmare is finally over, right? After all, word is bond and a judge has ordered both you and your ex on how to conduct yourselves...
New Year
We often hear the concept “new year, new me.” With every new year comes the tradition of New Year’s resolutions, vision boards, creating a new version of oneself; out with the old, in with the new. New Years don’t require a new you, but it is a great opportunity to...
Christmas, Movies, and Hope
My family and I have been watching Christmas movies in droves this year. Central in all of these movies is the idea of hope, though sometimes it’s buried so deep it’s not realized until just before the credits. Chevy Chase hopes his annual bonus will be sufficient to...