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Your subtitle goes right here.Making the Right Choice: Wills vs. Living Trusts
Many people tend to procrastinate when it comes to making arrangements for how to divide up their property after they pass away. This can be because the thought of passing away is unpleasant to them. Or maybe they believe setting up such a disposition will be a...
Georgia Jurisdiction and Venue Residency for Divorce
How do I know which court I should file my suit for divorce in? In order to initiate a proper divorce action in Georgia, one must bring the case before an appropriate court. A court is deemed “appropriate” if the following three criteria are satisfied: (1) the court...
Revising Your Estate Plan After a Divorce
Generally speaking obtaining a divorce is not the end of the process but rather a beginning of a process which allows for legal alterations to separate the former spouse’s lives. Following a divorce one may have to transfer many assets, divide accounts, and divide...
Prenuptial Agreements and Divorce in Georgia
Most people that have been through a difficult divorce will recommend a prenuptial agreement (also referred to as a premarital agreement). No one gets married planning for it to end in divorce; but sometimes even the happiest marriages in the beginning do not always...
How Will My Georgia Divorce Be Affected By My Spouse’s Bankruptcy?
How Will My Spouse's Bankruptcy Affect My Georgia Divorce? If your spouse files for bankruptcy in the middle of your Georgia divorce case, then your divorce case is usually “stayed” or temporarily stopped by the bankruptcy court. See 11 U.S. Code § 362. The bankruptcy...
Dischargeability of Income Tax Debts in Bankruptcy
Filing for bankruptcy in Georgia can help alleviate many types of debt, including tax debts that meet certain requirements. Not all taxes are dischargeable in a bankruptcy and tax liens cannot usually be removed from real property you already own; but future tax liens...
