Kessler & Solomiany, LLC Family Law Archives

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.

A good divorce lawyer will know how to listen very carefully.

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 […]

There is so much speculation about the impending Tiger v. Elin settlement, that it is hard to know what the agreement will be.  It seems Tiger wants Elin to keep things private and it looks like Elin will be compensated well for that.  But $750,000,000.00?  That seems like quite an overpayment and I imagine the […]

In recent years, unemployment and interest rates have skyrocketed while the stock market and the economy have plummeted. Domestic relations litigation and its importance to the involved families, however, have remained constant. But, the current economic climate has certainly impacted the family law field in several distinct ways. For instance, because the values of many […]

“You mean she can divorce me without proving I did anything wrong, just like that?” It seems that, as a family lawyer, I have heard this lamentation many times. People facing an unwanted divorce often profess shock at the fact that, in this state, a divorce may be granted although they did not cheat on, […]