If you and your spouse are going through a divorce, you may be wondering how your children will fare — weeks, months and years down the road. Perhaps you were a child of divorced parents and are still feeling the effects of that long-ago split. While every child handles the break-up of their parents’ marriage
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Obesity is now a factor in child custody decisions
As any Georgia family court judge knows, he or she must make a child custody decision with the best interest of a child in mind. While that may seem straight forward, what does that really mean? Is it in a best interest to move out of a home in Marietta, the only home a child
Georgia’s divorce rate among the highest in the nation
New data from the U.S. Census has determined that Georgia has one of the eight highest divorce rates in the country. While this data may indicate that Georgia marriages don’t last, the Census also finds that it has one of the highest rates of marriage, as well. Overall, people in the South marry and divorce
Many divorces stem from too busy, overworked spouses
Although many Georgians may not think it, a majority of divorces are not due to the high-conflict reasons that keep showing up in celebrity marriage scandals. Cheating, addiction or abuse may have their place in some divorces, but nearly 60 percent of marriages end because of a “slow erosion toward cohabitating strangerdom.” These low-conflict types
Native American tribes may not enforce court-ordered child support
After a divorce, if one spouse has primary custody of the children he or she may receive child support from the other spouse. It is also extremely common for the spouse that owes child support to not pay or not completely pay the amount ordered by the court. In those situations, it is important to