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U.C.C.J.E.A. and “Home State” Jurisdiction

Jewel and her husband were married in 2012 while they were living in Michigan. They then moved to Georgia and had their only child while living in Georgia during 2015. In early 2016 they all moved back to Michigan where they remained until December...

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Religion and Divorce

Richard had been married to his wife for approximately 9 years, but the two of them had never actually lived together in the same home, or even in the same state. Admittedly, that does not seem like much of a marriage and it would seem to be an easy...

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The Ideal Divorce

Mike and Louise had been married for almost 20 years. Their three children ranged in age from 12 to 18. They both worked full time and their incomes were approximately equal. They owned their home, had a vacation home in Florida, and a rental home...

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Mental Health Episode and Child Custody

Tim came to me after his ex-wife had filed a Family Violence restraining order case and a Petition to Modify Custody and Visitation. He was unrepresented at the Family Violence hearing and the result was not good, and he was restrained from being...

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Modification Case After Custodial Parent Relocated to Another State

Robert came to me in May 2019, some three months after his ex-wife, Tawny had relocated to Michigan with their two minor children based on a job promotion.  The two of them had discussed the relocation before the fact, but they had done nothing...

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Undefended Divorce with Minor Child

Mary and Jose had been married for over 25 years; their children were all adults.  Jose had taken too much to the bottle and was only working sporadically over the last several years, and he had begun brining other women into his marital bed...

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Initially Contested Divorce with Minor Child and Legitimacy Case

Steve was married to Kim for about ten years and they had one child together who was eight years old at the time.  Steve and Kim had been separated for most of their marriage.  Meanwhile, Steve had entered into a new relationship with Cary,...

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Consent Legitimacy case

Monte and Jenny had been in a long term relationship, but never married.  They have two minor children, a six year old son and an eight year old daughter.  They had been living together as a family for over ten years, but they grew apart and...

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Uncontested Divorce Case Without Minor Children

Thomas and Eleanor had been married for almost five years, but had been living separately for the last three years. There were no children born to the marriage.  During the three years of separation they would periodically make attempts to reunite,...

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Uncontested Divorce Case with Minor Children

Marcus and Jeanette had been married for three and a half years.  They were high school sweat hearts, but that relationship ended when they both went to college out of state.  After college they both came home to the Atlanta area and soon...

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Non Custodial Parent's Refusal to Return Child

This Result is in fact the result of numerous cases with the same fact pattern, the most recent being from 2012.  These cases happen more often than we may think. When a child is born outside of wedlock in Georgia, the father has no enforceable...

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Selling a Business - Don't forget to Notify all Vendors and Account Holders

John called me for a free consultation regarding numerous collection lawsuits filed against him individually and against a company that he had sold about two years earlier.  The total combined amount of damages sought in the seven lawsuits...

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Return of Child to Custodial Parent

Judy called the office for a free consultation and she explained that a friend, or former friend of hers had her child and was refusing to return the child to her.  Judy was a young, unmarried mother who was down on her luck.  Judy...

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