Divorce is a time when you have more questions than answers. For example, what happens to your house? Do you have to share your pension with your soon-to-be-ex? Who will pay off your credit card debt on the cards that are in both of your names? Trying to make sense of...
Supporting yourself after divorce in Georgia
It can be difficult to afford the cost of a separate household after divorce. This concern especially affects those who have left the workforce to raise children or support their partner's career. If this situation sounds familiar, learn more about seeking spousal...
How do you retain your retirement plan during divorce?
Getting divorced may temporarily suspend your retirement planning efforts while you reconfigure your finances. Despite the uncertainty, maintaining as much of your plan as possible will help you protect your future. Even though divorce will undoubtedly affect your...
How can you help your children adjust to divorce?
Watching your children make sense of your divorce can surface feelings of guilt and concern for their future. Knowing some strategies to help them cope with a significant change to your family's dynamic may increase your confidence in caring for them. Recognize that...
Does Georgia have requirements for divorce?
If you and your spouse decide to part ways, you may believe that doing so is as simple as filing divorce paperwork with the courts and waiting for a judge to finalize the process. Unfortunately, there is more to the Georgia divorce process than that. Georgia is one of...
Marital property vs. separate property: What is the difference?
Dividing property in a Georgia divorce can be an emotional and somewhat complicated process. It is often difficult to part with items you have accumulated throughout years of marriage, especially if you are unsure of what marital property entails. Contrary to what...
What does fair and equitable mean?
When you divorce in Georgia, Georgia law requires you and your spouse to divide your marital property in a fair and equitable manner. The law, however, does not define what this term means. Nor has any court ever defined it. FindLaw explains that courts decide what...
Is nesting right for our divorcing family?
The only thing more difficult than going through divorce is going through a divorce with children involved. When you are making decisions not just on behalf of yourself but also on behalf of your children, the process can become infinitely more complicated....
Splitting up with your spouse and financial concerns
There are many different financial consequences associated with divorce. Many people think about child support and alimony, but it is important to understand the many other ways in which ending your marriage can lead to financial concerns. For example, some people...
Understanding credit card liability during divorce
Divorce isn't just an emotional separation but a financial one as well. During the process, couples must figure out how to divide assets like the family home, retirement accounts and other items of value. However, some spouses may also have to divide shared...
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