Recent Blog Posts
Factors That Affect How Much A Divorce Costs
The people who get all worked up about topics that are trending on Google have already contacted divorce lawyers on Divorce Monday, but you are a more thoughtful sort of person. You also resolved to get started on your divorce at the beginning of 2024, but first, you are doing a little bit more… Read More »
Common Co-Parenting Mistakes And How To Fix Them
Raising children is one of life’s great challenges, even though it is also one of the most rewarding and meaningful experiences you can have. If you get divorced while your children are minors, it can throw your parenting routines into disarray. You might feel like you have to start from zero when it comes… Read More »
Divorce Monday: A Toast To New Beginnings
The most difficult New Year’s resolutions to keep are the ones where you say, “I am going to do X every day” or, “I am never going to do X,” and the more abstract X is, the harder it is to keep your resolution. The worst resolutions are, “I am never going to eat… Read More »
Changing Your Name After Divorce In Alabama
Changing your name when you get married is a big decision, and there is no single right or wrong choice about keeping your last name or changing it. Some women choose to take their husbands’ last names upon marriage in keeping with a custom that has been prevalent in English-speaking countries for several centuries,… Read More »
Calculating Child Support In Alabama Is Simple, Until It Isn’t
Child support is often one of the most contentious issues in a divorce case. Only the pettiest people are still bitter, 20 years after their divorce has become final, about the fact that the court let their ex-spouse keep the dining table, but even the most generous and least materialistic people can easily hold… Read More »
What Happens If Your Spouse Refuses To Sign The Divorce Papers?
By the time some couples get to divorce court, they have both known for a long time that they wanted to get a divorce. They may just need to work out the details of their property division or parenting plan in mediation. Some couples even agree to all the terms of the divorce before… Read More »
How Does The Court Impute Income To Someone Whose Job Skills Are Obsolete?
Technology changes quickly. If you doubt this, ask a young person to drive a stick shift or show your kids a picture of a VHS tape or rotary telephone and see how perplexed they look. If your kids are young enough, they have probably never even seen those GPS devices that people used to… Read More »
How To Reduce Co-Parenting Stress During The Holidays
Married folks start panicking about the holidays once the pumpkin pie ingredients appear on the first display you see when you enter the supermarket; cooking a holiday dinner for your in-laws and whoever they decide to invite at the last minute is enough to scare those with even the mildest case of commitment phobia… Read More »
The Details That Make Or Break Your Marital Settlement Agreement
Signing a marital settlement agreement (MSA) feels like a victory. It means that you are ready for the court to finalize your divorce, and that you were able to resolve matters of property division without going to trial. The MSA only deals with financial matters, so if you and your spouse have minor children,… Read More »
Christmas Card Etiquette For Recently Divorced People
The Christmas season is a beautiful time of joy and togetherness no matter where you live, but this is especially true in Alabama. Alabamans have a flair for over-the-top Christmas spirit matched by the inhabitants of few other places. From caroling at the tops of our voices to breaking out the Santa hats and… Read More »