Monthly Archives: February 2008

Customizing your divorce through collaboration instead of fighting in court

KDKA reports on the benefits of collaborative divorce and the growing number of couples seeking divorce with dignity. Sonni Abatta reports (excerpt):It’s divorce without the judge. The collaborative divorce takes that third party out of the process and keeps control strictly in the hands of the couple.****Many more divorcing couples are discovering this option as…

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Top 10 list: Top 10 questions to ask a divorce lawyer in the first consultation

If you are contemplating divorce, you should consult with an experienced family law attorney. Once you set up a consultation, be prepared for the first meeting, and have a list of questions to ask the lawyer. The following questions should help you understand the divorce process, how your lawyer’s office operates, and if the lawyer…

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Georgia Child Adoption Laws

Before starting to search for a child to adopt or an agency to assist you, it is important that you understand how the adoption laws in Georgia may affect your decisions. Making informed decisions is the best way of increasing your chances of adopting a child.  By way of example, we have listed below a…

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Spirited Away: Japan Won’t Let Abducted Kids Go

American Parents Have Little Hope of Being Reunited With Children Kidnapped to Japan Kaya Wong’s parents never imagined they would be able to have a baby. Born three years after her mother was diagnosed with cancer, Kaya, now 4 years old, was a miracle. But for Paul Wong, Kaya’s father, the unimaginable soon became the…

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How Collaborative Practice Benefits Children

Other than perhaps the death of a parent, divorce is often the single most traumatic event in a child’s life. In America 60% of all marriages end in divorce and a third of those divorces involve bitter conflict. One million children in our country are involved in divorce each year. These children are twice as…

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What You Can Learn from a Divorce Coach

In a collaborative divorce, each spouse usually hires their own divorce coach to help them learn to communicate and negotiate more effectively. These coaches are an integral part of the collaborative divorce team. They teach life skills that will form the basis for your post-divorce relationship with your spouse. If you have children, the skills…

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BYNUM’S LAWYERS STALLING DIVORCE: Attorneys for Thomas Weeks say she is holding up procedures.

The Associates Press reports that the lawyers for Juanita Bynum are stalling divorce proceedings against her estranged husband, Bishop Thomas Weeks III.      The lawyers of Bishop Weeks said that they have been trying to get her side of the story for four months. But they say she keeps postponing her appointment.     …

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Vietnam ‘baby-smugglers’ arrested

Vietnamese authorities have arrested three women and a man for allegedly smuggling newborn babies to China. The suspects were detained with two baby boys, aged one month and one week old, in Hanoi and Ha Tay provinces. Hanoi police said they had also detained an eight-month pregnant woman who confessed to agreeing to sell her…

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Law evolving as divorces drag in digital evidence

I was interviewed on this topic by Atlanta Journal and Constitution reporter Bill Torpy last week and the article appeared in the paper on Sunday, February 24, 2008, in the Living section and online today. It is reprinted below: Marietta divorce attorney Stephen Worrall increasingly sees clients come to his office and excitedly tell him:…

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Online game causes divorce!

  Mobile, Alabama, family law and divorce attorney Michael Sherman of the Alabama Family Law Blog has posted an interesting article today, republished below. World of Warcraft is a best-selling online role-playing game.  It boasts over ten million subscribers; however it has apparently also left an increasing number of real life casualties in its wake,…

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