Marietta Family Law Blog

Several famous couples have gotten divorced but have continued to work together and even be friends. Many Marietta residents may wonder how Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, Fran Drescher and Peter Marc Jacobson, or Demi Moore and Bruce Willis are or were not only cordial with one another after their divorces, but friends. Some in the marriage and divorce professions, however, believe that it is easier to be friends with an ex as divorce becomes more acceptable.

While many Georgia couples go through a contested divorce, not all separations need to be so cantankerous. In fact, there is a growing trend amongst divorcing couples to end their marriage the same way it started -- with a party. Although some of the newly-single men and women that throw these elaborate divorce parties are celebrating the end of a long, drawn-out divorce, some soon-to-be ex-couples prefer a healing party that acknowledges a happy split.

Anyone going through a divorce in Georgia knows that splitting up the marital assets can be one of the most contentious and frustrating parts of the divorce. Trying to ensure that your ex is not hiding money and assets from you and that your settlement is actually an equitable division may be difficult, but Atlanta lawyers know how to find out what your ex is up to and preserve your rights to the marital assets.

One Atlanta family law professional has said that one of the best ways to prevent your ex from shielding assets is subpoenaing records as soon as possible. Because a spouse has the right to subpoena bank records, it makes more sense to ask for the records early on, before an ex has a chance to alter records or transfer money to hidden accounts. If there is a discrepancy between the bank records at the time of the trial and from the original subpoena, the judge may infer that your ex did away with some of the money.

Divorce is an extremely emotional time in any man or woman's life. Whether you were the one to leave or the one that is being left, there are numerous feelings you are processing that make even the most stoic of Georgians not know what to do next. For many people in Marietta, the thought of dealing with the number of Georgia family law issues that come with divorce makes their heads spin, which is why it is so important to always work with legal professionals when filing for and finalizing a divorce.

There are numerous things that a person must consider when negotiating a divorce settlement, including whether keeping the marital home will be worth it in the long run. In order to maintain some sort of normalcy in the lives of their children, the custodial parents may ask for the family home, but homes are an extremely illiquid asset. What happens if you can no longer afford the mortgage, the maintenance costs, utilities or taxes? It is often very difficult to sell the home quickly and, thus, it may not be the best asset to ask for.

Georgia fathers know how difficult it is to convince a judge that they deserve joint physical and legal custody of their children. For a father who wants sole custody of his children, the burden will be even harder to prove. While courts previously assumed that mothers would be the better parent to assume custody, Marietta fathers want to preserve their relationships with their children, too. Despite having custody and most likely trying to preserve a relationship with his son, a football star is now at the heart of a child custody battle.

The Pittsburgh Steelers team MVP, Antonio Brown, has been a good father to his 4-year-old son. He has told reporters that his son is happy and that his son is with him "for a reason" but did not go into specifics about what that reason is. Despite caring and providing for his son and even inviting his son's mother to visit the child, the mother has recently filed suit for custody over the child.