Kessler & Solomiany, LLC Divorce Archives

“Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.”

The 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals today stayed the Order which overturned Prop 8, thereby precluding, for the time being, same sex marriages in California. This seems to be an attempt to avoid the potential conflict and uncertainty which would arise in the event same sex couples marry under the current state of the […]

But does that make fault irrelevant? In many states the answer is no.

Many divorce cases involve complex financial issues which may often be simplified by the engagement of a financial professional. The employment of an experienced financial expert (combined with an attorney who frequently handles complex financial cases) can be particularly helpful in such situations especially when one spouse is a financial professional such as a C.P.A. […]

At the meeting, I will have the good fortune of being sworn in as the Chair Elect of the Family Law Section of the American Bar Association.

So who will know when a lawyer is telling his or her client to do the right thing? The lawyer and the client.

One thing is clear, especially to me as a family law attorney: abusive behavior is certainly not limited to the poor or uneducated.

I enjoy serving as a mediator and do it three or four times each year.

Each summer, thousands of parents reach for their custody papers.  They need to re-read them to confirm which week is theirs, or if their ex can really insist on a certain schedule with the children.  Inevitably, visitation issues arise which were not anticipated, or for which no arrangements had been made.  While many standard visitation […]

On January 1, 2007, Georgia’s most recent child support guidelines and related calculators went into effect.  While there are child support guidelines in Georgia, there are no alimony guidelines, but rather factors that the finder of fact shall consider. According to O.C.G.A. 19-6-5, the finder of fact shall consider the following factors when determining the […]