Atlanta High-Asset Divorce Law Blog

No matter how many years of marital bliss you have experienced, a divorce can happen at any time. If you are splitting up with your partner late in life, it is natural to feel uneasy if your spouse was the primary breadwinner. To compound matters, you might be realizing that the prenuptial agreement you signed may leave you with a small percentage of the joint assets.

While many states require contracts to meet the set standards of The Uniform Prenuptial Agreement Act, Georgia does not follow this procedure. This fact, along with other factors, might put your agreement on shaky ground.  

Any high-asset divorce has the potential to cause conflict. Both parties have a lot to lose, so it makes sense that they may fight tooth and nail to keep all they can.

While going through this kind of divorce, it's important to know how living in Georgia could affect your case. You are not in a community property state, so the first thing that is affected is your right to property. Yes, you do have a right to your marital property, but the percentage of property you're entitled to isn't necessarily going to be 50-50.

In most cases, business and divorce do not make good bedfellows. The founder of the business is usually afraid of losing everything he or she has worked so hard to build. By contrast, the other spouse may worry about not getting a fair share of the business profits. All of this fear and concern has the unfortunate effect of overcomplicating divorces that involve business owners.

It may surprise you to learn that many of the concerns Florida spouses have about a business divorce are unfounded. Abandoning any assumptions you have about the outcome of your split can clear your mind and allow you to focus on what is truly at stake. We are pleased to offer you two tips to help you achieve this goal.

Within weeks, kids will be out of school for another long, hot Atlanta summer. If you are a divorced parent who shares custody of your minor children with your ex, that can mean obstacles when coordinating summer child care responsibilities.

If you are in the throes of a divorce and/or contested custody action, it's important to include a plan for the summer. The two of you should ideally work together to create a workable plan that allows both parents to spend as much free time with the children as possible. Below are some tips to make that happen.

• Communicate. Although this might be the last thing that you want to do with your ex, communication is key to avoiding custody problems. If you want to avoid actually talking, communicate via text or email or try one of the specialized apps for co-parent communications.

• Plan ahead. Before scheduling your summer vacation or purchasing airline tickets for a trip to Disney World, make sure that your custody agreement allows you to remove the kids from Georgia and that your plans don't conflict with your co-parent's vacation plans.