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Charlotte Christian: Jul 17, 2026 8:37:18 PM
Shelby County is Alabama’s wealthiest county, and its divorces reflect it. The estates we see from Greystone, Highland Lakes, Mt Laurel, and the 280...
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Charlotte Christian: Jul 17, 2026 8:36:27 PM
Alabama’s Best Interest of the Child Protection Act — HB 229 — took effect January 1, 2026, and reset the starting point of every custody case heard...
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Charlotte Christian: Jul 17, 2026 8:35:46 PM
Every Shelby County divorce takes one of two paths — and in this county, the gap between them is wider than anywhere else we practice. An uncontested...
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Charlotte Christian: Jul 17, 2026 8:35:01 PM
“How long will this take?” has a different answer in Shelby County than anywhere else we practice — because Shelby County’s docket has a math...
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Charlotte Christian: Jul 17, 2026 8:33:33 PM
Filing for divorce in Shelby County means filing at the Shelby County Courthouse in Columbiana — and it means entering a court system that runs...
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Charlotte Christian: Jul 17, 2026 8:00:19 PM
For many families, the hardest property question in a divorce is not the house or the retirement account — it is the dog. And Alabama law answers it...
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Charlotte Christian: Jul 17, 2026 7:59:30 PM
“It was mine before we married, so it stays mine” is one of the most repeated — and most dangerous — assumptions in Alabama divorce. It starts true:...
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Charlotte Christian: Jul 17, 2026 7:58:38 PM
Equitable distribution only works on assets the court knows about — and in some divorces, one spouse works hard to make sure the court does not know...
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Charlotte Christian: Jul 17, 2026 7:57:48 PM
Everyone entering a divorce thinks about dividing the assets. Far fewer think about dividing the debts — and debt division is where some of the most...