A bill proposed by lawmakers in Alabama would create a “covenant marriage“, which would make obtaining a divorce more difficult for the couple. The optional marriage would require the couple to attend marriage counseling before they get married, and they would also be required to attend marriage counseling before they could file for divorce. Also, [...]
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What is Alimony?
Alimony is a legal obligation of one spouse to provide support to the other spouse after a divorce or legal separation. Most often, this support is in the form of monthly payments of a set amount.
Extramarital Affairs and Dissipation of Marital Assets
A fairly common problem can arise when one spouse had previously spent a bunch of money on their new lover, leaving less money in the joint accounts to split. It doesn’t seem fair that the innocent spouse should be left with less money due to the affair, but how can the court equalize the distribution?
Father Loses Custody After Repeated Frivolous Petitions
In this appellate court opinion, after the father’s repeated frivolous claims against the mother it was reasonable to give custody of the minor child to the mother.
What is a Parenting Plan?
A parenting plan is a document that will describe how you and your spouse will share the parenting responsibilities, as well as define who will be making certain decisions, and paying expenses, among other matters.
What is a Marital Dissolution Agreement?
A marital dissolution agreement (sometimes called an “MDA”) is a document used in irreconcilable differences divorces. It’s basically a contract between a husband and wife to end their marriage and divide all the marital property and marital debts. In order to properly draft your MDA, your lawyer will need a lot of information about the [...]
When Can Alimony Payments Stop?
After a few years of paying alimony, you might say to yourself “I’ve been paying all this money to my ex-spouse for a long time. The situation is a lot different than it was when we got divorced. Can I stop paying the alimony?”
Why Lawyers Should be Working to Reduce Conflict
Aggression can have it’s place, but often outright aggression serves little purpose beyond causing delays, more conflict, and more expense. Believe it or not, attorneys are bound by ethical standards which require us to move your case along and keep fees reasonable.
How Alimony is Calculated in Tennessee
Among the various decisions and surprises that you may face as part of your divorce is establishing how much alimony will be paid by one spouse to the other. This can be a vexing problem because where child support is set using a cut-and-dry calculation, alimony is determined using a much more subjective procedure.