Monthly Archives: November 2023

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 »

Does Entrepreneurship Count As Being Voluntarily Underemployed?
Even in the best-case scenario, it takes a while before a new small business becomes profitable. Sometimes a business owner will, in the same breath, project optimism about the future of the new business and ask you for a loan to help get through the next few weeks. The financial instability associated with entrepreneurship… Read More »

Can You Get Divorced If You Never Made Your Marriage Official?
Some couples are married in all but name, and they freely acknowledge this. They live together and have children together, and perhaps they even wear rings on the appropriate fingers, but a Celtic handfasting ceremony, or perhaps only an unspoken commitment, takes the place of an official marriage. If these couples separate, both parties… Read More »

Speak Up If You Cannot Pay Your Court-Ordered Child Support
Child support obligations are serious business. If the court orders you to pay child support, you cannot simply ignore the court order and wait for the statute of limitations to run out. Some people keep making payments on their child support obligations until the children are well into their 20s; the idea is that,… Read More »