Prenuptial agreements may not seem very romantic, but it is the perfect gift for your significant other. Creating an agreement like this allows you to plan your life together, even after marriage. Read our blog to see why you should give the gift of a prenup this Valentine’s Day. What is a prenup? Before you
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With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, love is in the air… So might be your thoughts about marriage and a prenup agreement? After all, what could be more romantic than promising to share the rest of your life with the one you love? Why A Prenup Can Spell Love How about making sure your
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Healing after a divorce can be difficult, especially when you are working out how you and your ex-partner will co-parent your children. Co-parenting doesn’t have to be difficult, and you may find that you and your ex can set aside your differences and work together. Remember that your children love both of you, so you
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We’re fully into the holiday season at this point in the year. However, for divorced couples who may be co-parenting or on a custody schedule, this time of year can look much different. If this is your first time celebrating the holidays after your divorce, you may be wondering how to handle this. Here are
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A Guardian Ad Litem (GAL) is someone designated by a judge to investigate and represent the best interests of a child in the context of a lawsuit. A guardian is someone who helps and protects the best interests of someone else. Ad litem means “for the lawsuit.” Frequently, a guardian ad litem is assigned in
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When a couple with kids separates, it is the advice of the majority of the legal realm to do whatever you can to keep the children outside of the fight, and visitation is a large part of that effort. If a divorce begins on ugly terms, it can be extremely difficult for either parent to
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You’ve already gone to court and received the order deciding custody, child support, and visitation in your case. The hard part is over now, right? For a while, visitation went well – until you found out that your ex has been using drugs. If Your Ex Is Using Drugs, You Have Choices It is a
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Determining Child Support in Alabama doesn’t have to be overly complex. Typically, child support refers to payments that one or both parents must make on a monthly basis to support minor children in their household. In Alabama, children younger than nineteen years old, who are not married, nor in the military, qualify to receive child
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There are mechanisms in place that allow enforcement of child support orders of another state, called foreign orders/out-of-state child support orders, without registering the order. The party seeking to enforce the order would send specified information, including a certified copy of the order, to the proper support agency in Alabama. The agency will review and
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While child support payments or orders are commonly violated – just forty-three percent of parents who are owed child support actually receive it – the consequences are severe. Parents who are unable to pay child support can face orders from wage garnishment to imprisonment, depending on the extent to which they neglected the child support
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When a court issues an out-of-state child support order, it is usually meant to last for a long time. Most child support orders last until your child has reached adulthood because of their age, being emancipated, or getting married. Surprisingly, some orders last even longer than that. Throughout the course of your life, you may
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If you are going through a divorce and have children, you and your spouse will have to agree on a child support arrangement, including who has to pay and how much the monthly responsibility will be. But what if you don’t have an income source and can’t afford child support? Will you still be required
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Since 2015 when the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in favor of same-sex marriage, the effects have rippled across the landscape of family law. Family law can be complicated and with the evolving laws regarding marriage and divorce, a family law attorney can be a huge asset in protecting your rights. There are
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You have not seen nor had contact with your spouse in years. You have now made the decision to legally divorce that spouse. What Do You Need To Do To Get A Divorce By Publication? Here is a scenario: You dated Joey who was your “soul mate” during high school. The two of you plan
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There is always a Silver Lining in not-so-pleasant situations. Even divorce. No matter how hard changes in our life might be, there are some good things between all the bad. As the common saying goes: “Getting divorced sucks, being divorced is great.” So, instead of always focusing on the bad side, we decided to discuss
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If you put your career on hold for several years to raise a family or maybe didn’t start a career at all, you may feel unprepared for entering the workforce. However, going back to work after divorce is a great opportunity for a fresh start. Returning to work after divorce is a chance to meet
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Pets & Divorce Create A Bone Of Contention When it comes to pets and divorce, there are added layers of considerations to make. Believe it or not, divorce isn’t only hard on you, your spouse, and your children. It also poses an emotional experience for your “fur babies.” As man’s best friend, science shows that
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“Gather ’round the Thanksgiving table and say something you’re thankful for.” When you’re in the midst of a divorce, answering a question like this can feel, well, loaded. In American culture, Thanksgiving is virtually synonymous with a large family dinner, although COVID-19 is putting a monkey wrench in that for now. Nonetheless, most of us
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You spent the first part of your marriage finding all the ways you could meld your lives together. The latter part has been spent just trying to keep it together. Now that you’ve decided to step into the realm of divorce, you’re wondering how to separate everything again. If you have mortgages on homes, loans
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Once upon a time, Sole Physical Custody over children was the go-to arrangement sought by parents when getting a divorce. People used to believe that when parents divorce, the kids have to go live with their mother. In more recent times, this belief has steadily shifted, leading to more parents choosing to have Joint Physical
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