On Behalf of The Law Offices of Abbott & Abbott, P.C. | Oct 27, 2010 | Divorce, Firm News
People generally get married with the intention that they will stay together forever. They plan to find the perfect home in the perfect Georgia neighborhood, fill it with laughing children and live happily ever after. Real life is not a perfectly scripted fairytale...
On Behalf of The Law Offices of Abbott & Abbott, P.C. | Oct 25, 2010 | Divorce, Firm News
Social networks like MySpace, Twitter and Facebook have become widely used as a form of communication. What started as a teenage fad has spread to include users of all ages and from all walks of life. Users can create profile pages in which they can post pictures from...
On Behalf of The Law Offices of Abbott & Abbott, P.C. | Oct 21, 2010 | Divorce, Firm News
During the month of October football players wear hot pink gloves or shoes, the post office has special breast cancer stamps and coffee shops have hot pink sleeves covering their cups to remind people that October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. No color has been...
On Behalf of The Law Offices of Abbott & Abbott, P.C. | Oct 19, 2010 | Firm News, Modifications Of Child Custody And Support
NBA “All Star” Dwyane Wade has recently made headlines in the news for issues other than his hamstring injury causing him to miss a percentage of the basketball preseason. The Miami Heat guard testified in family court on Friday and resumed the testimony...
On Behalf of The Law Offices of Abbott & Abbott, P.C. | Oct 14, 2010 | Firm News, High-Asset Divorce
Breaking news flashed across televisions from LA to Georgia announcing the possible dissolution of the marriage between Courteney Cox and David Arquette. The couple announced that they would experiment with a trial separation before permanently ending their...
On Behalf of The Law Offices of Abbott & Abbott, P.C. | Oct 11, 2010 | Divorce, Firm News
Divorce studies often show that married couples with first-born daughters are more likely to get divorced than couples who have had a first-born son. In fact, in a study done in 2003 at UC Berkeley, it was found that the risk of divorce was 5 percent higher with a...
On Behalf of The Law Offices of Abbott & Abbott, P.C. | Oct 6, 2010 | Firm News, High-Asset Divorce
Baseball, fondly known to many as “America’s Pastime” has been a family court headliner for weeks. Los Angeles Dodgers’ owners Frank and Jamie McCourt have been involved in an extremely high-asset divorce. A huge issue in the...
On Behalf of The Law Offices of Abbott & Abbott, P.C. | Oct 4, 2010 | Firm News, Modifications Of Child Custody And Support
The Georgia Supreme Court clarified the child support guidelines statute OCGA § 19-61-5 concerning judicial discretion when awarding child support payments. The court held that a trial court judge has discretion to award the lump sum payment of a child...