No step-by-step manual can give you a guarantee on how to raise kids blissfully through divorce. Every situation – and every family – is different. There are, however, some commonsense guidelines that may make adjustment a little bit easier. Here are some suggestions to make the process less painful for your child. Parents will need…
The following article, written by By Robert E. Erard, Ph.D. appears at Divorce Online: "They said I need to go see you and take some tests or something to figure out if I’m a good parent." Many of my first contacts with parents ordered by the court to undergo independent psychological evaluations in child custody…
One of the most frequently overlooked areas of family law is that of tax consequences. Many family law practitioners do not fully understand the in’s and out’s of the applicable tax laws, which can result in their clients having unwanted "surprises" down the road. Alan Pearlman of the Chicago Family Law Blog recently published the…
Here are some excellent observations and instructions from Tampa, Florida, attorney Brent Rose at his Orsini & Rose Divorce and Family Law Blog: Two questions generally come up after a couple has separated but during the time a divorce is pending: 1) Can I date?2) Can I buy things? Question one, dating: The usual legal…
A big THANK YOU to Diana Skaggs at the Divorce Law Journal in Louisville, Kentucky for this alert! This is good news to Georgians who may have cases involving interstate custody with our neighbor to the north and east. South Carolina adopted the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdication Act (UCCJEA) this month, bringing to 46 the…
If I didn’t read about it in three different cases, I would have never believed it. Apparently over history, the pet parrot has been a key witness in proving unfaithfulness and abuse in marriage: November 19, 1937: According to the LA Times, Mr. James J. Reynolds wanted to put his parrot on the stand to…
Introduction The laws of every State and the District of Columbia require all prospective adoptive parents (no matter how they intend to adopt) to participate in a home study. This process has three purposes: to educate and prepare the adoptive family for adoption, to gather information about the prospective parents that will help a social…
There is no set format that adoption agencies use to conduct their home studies. They must follow the general regulations of their State, but they have the freedom to develop their own application packet, policies, and procedures within those regulations. Some agencies will have you attend one or several group orientation sessions before you are…
Almost any adoption, whether it is a public agency adoption, a private agency adoption, or an independent adoption arranged directly with the court, requires a pre-adoptive placement inquiry, usually referred to as an "adoption home study." Individuals seeking to adopt often face that first visit by the home study social worker with tender egos and…
Courts grant visitation or custody to grandparents only when certain conditions provided in state statutes are met. Conditions for a grandparent to attain custody differ from those conditions required for visitation rights. A grandparent should be familiar with the conditions for either custody or visitation before determining whether to file a petition to request either…
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I’m not sure there are official statistics for this, but based on my years of experience as a Marietta wills and trust lawyer, the number one reason people don’t do their estate plan is that they simply can’t face their own mortality. In a way, we are like the groundhog…occasionally we stick our heads out…