Enjoyed this article by Mary Stearns-Montgomery, attorney at Stearns-Montgomery & Proctor!  This article highlights the dos and don’ts of asking for prenuptial agreements without ruining relationships.

See attached link to the Atlanta Bar Association April newsletter which includes a discussion of a presentation that Laurie made at the March Family Law breakfast. Her presentation included tips for attorneys about working with financial professionals and the impact of recent case law on tracing methodologies.

On January 24, 2011, the Supreme Court addressed issues related to child support calculations, mandatory drug testing, and shared joint physical custody in Willis v. Willis. In Willis, the Husband appealed the trial court’s calculation of his child support obligation and its decision to require him to take mandatory quarterly drug tests.  Per the final [...]

Experts historically used Thomas v Thomas (1989)  and related cases as the basis for calculating separate and marital interest in certain assets using a source-of-funds approach and methodology. In recent years, the source-of-funds approach has been eroded by such cases as  Lerch v. Lerch (2005) and Coe v. Coe   (2009) in which the Supreme Court determined that a party which would [...]

Georgia’s Domestic Relations Pilot Project is scheduled to end on June 30, 2011.  Under the Domestic Relations Pilot Project, appeals in divorce and alimony cases are automatically granted if the appeals are not deemed frivolous by majority of the Supreme Court.   In March of 2009, the program was extended from ending on June 30, 2009 to June 30, [...]

Thanks to Nancy Ingram Jordan, attorney at Brock Clay for the following post! This month’s edition of the “Marie Claire” magazine features an article entitled “Divorced and Delighted.” This article highlights several ways to celebrate your wedded “un-union.” For example, featured in the article were department stores that offer “divorce registries” to help recent divorcees [...]

In Morgan v. Morgan, the parties’ final divorce decree awarded the Wife 50% of the marital portion of the Husband’s military retirement benefits as required by the Navy.  The parties later discovered the Navy does not require a division of military benefits to former spouses.  However, the Wife submitted an Agreed Domestic Relations Order (ADRO) [...]

January 28, 2011 seminar is co-sponsored by the Atlanta Bar Association Family Law Division and the Family Law Section of the Forensic and Valuation Services Division of the Georgia Society of CPA’s. It is the first program of its kind in Georgia and this year’s inaugural event is sold out! Hallelujah! If you have not [...]

Nothing about divorce is simple or easy, and facing bankruptcy is a nightmare in itself. If you are facing both divorce and bankruptcy right now, you need to understand how the two processes affect each other. When is it best to file a joint case and when should you consider filing alone? How does your spouse’s bankruptcy filing affect [...]

The ripple affect of Bernard Madoff’s treacherous fraud keeps going…. This is an interesting article posted by The Siemon Law Firm. Read how a New York appellate court supported revising a 2006 divorce settlement agreement that included “an essentially imaginary [Madoff] account.” This link was posted with the permission of The Siemon Law Firm.