Georgia parents raising a child alone rely on child support to help meet their child’s needs and provide them with the best possible quality of life. Parents paying child support have a legal obligation to make sure the support gets paid. However, as most everyone...
Divorce is rarely easy for any Georgia couple. Even if you are parting on relatively amicable terms, you are still going to have to divide up some property as part of your divorce, and the property division process may quickly become more complex than you initially...
It can be a nightmare scenario when people need to place a loved one in a nursing home and they discover that mistreatment and abuse have taken place. This is not only damaging to the resident in multiple ways, but it is a betrayal of trust. Those who live in these...
When nursing home abuse happens to a loved one, it can be devastating for victims and their families. No one wants a loved one to be harmed in a nursing home which is why families should be familiar with legal protections against nursing home abuse. Types of abuse...
When one party requests alimony in a divorce, Georgia courts use a series of factors to determine whether it is needed, and, if so, how much should be awarded. Most Georgia divorces are resolved out of court, so judges don’t have to make these decisions in those...
In a Georgia divorce, it is common for there to be disagreements about a litany of aspects of the case. Because finances are always a concern in any family law case, one spouse might want to receive support from the other. This could be for many reasons including...
When a person dies, whether or not they have an estate plan or even a will, the estate will most likely go through probate. An individual’s estate is essentially their net worth at death, which includes personal property, land or home ownership, investments, life...
Whether in Georgia or anywhere else in the United States, if you are a woman, you are much more likely to suffer severe injuries in a car accident. That is according to recent reporting that compared injury and fatality statistics of women against those of men. Motor...
Two years after a major reform of the nursing home industry passed into state law, Georgia lawmakers have revived the debate. Proponents say flexibility is needed Unemployment is down, and many employers are facing staffing shortages. The nursing home industry is no...
When you are married, you are truly together with the other person and there are many things that are affected by that intimacy. One of those things is financial responsibility. Even if you are similar to other American couples today who have separate bank accounts,...