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Georgia, like most other states, is an equitable distribution state. This rule has two components. First, all property in a divorce, including debts and assets, must be divided equitably. In Cobb County family courts, equitably is usually, but not always, the same as equally. Furthermore, the divorce cannot be an unfair financial burden on either …
We admit this title is not quite as catchy as the Texas Two-Step. However, for over half of Georgia families, a divorce is, or at least should be, a three-step process. About 54 percent of households are headed by a single parent, the mom and/or dad has been married before, the parents are unmarried, some …
In Georgia, and most other states, all parenting time and child custody decisions must be in the best interests of the child. This phrase usually refers to the custody/parenting time process, as opposed to the result. Slightly different laws apply to parenting time and custody decisions. Georgia has a co-parenting law which presumes that children …
Spousal support made national headlines in the late 2010s. For about fifty years, obligees (people receiving support) had to report receipts as income, and obligors (people paying support) could deduct the payments. The 2017 Tax Cut and Jobs Act reversed these roles. This federal law made receipts nonreportable and payments nondeductible. The jury is still …
The divorce filing rate usually drops sharply in the fourth quarter of the year. Before the winter holidays, many feuding couples agree to bury the hatchet so they can make it through Thanksgiving and Christmas. Then, almost on December 26, the Christmas season stops, and the Valentine’s Day season begins. As this marketing campaign intensifies, …
Many states have adopted the Uniform Premarital Agreement Act. The UPAA streamlines the many laws and regulations in this area, so it easier to make and break a prenuptial agreement act. Unfortunately, Georgia is not one of these jurisdictions. The Peachtree State still has a web of laws which touch on this subject. As a …
