Attorney Articles

• The Use of Children as Weapons in a Divorce

  Most spouses who are going through a divorce or separation recognize the need for some level of civility in front of their children. Parents are human beings, however, and it's...

• Divorcing a Spouse With Psychological Malladies

  It's a tragedy when a human being loses his or her ability to rationalize. In many cases, it's the person who is affected by the mental condition who is the last to recognize it....

• Modifying a Custody Order

  I suspect that I receive more telephone calls asking about changing custody of minor children than any other single topic except modifying child support or alimony. Just...

• Does Adultery Still Matter?

  As a practicing lawyer, specializing in family law, it should come as no surprise that in a very high proportion of my cases there is marital infidelity. Clients invariably...

• Child Support Means More Than Money - The Problem of Selective Enforcement

  The rash of media attention on "deadbeat fathers" has prompted Congress and the courts to make the enforcement of child support orders an important public policy...

• Cobb Judge Awards Woman $950,000 in Divorce Case

  Joan Gore said she was the good woman behind a successful man. Now she has the court decision to prove it. Going into their divorce trial in February, Mrs. Gore's estranged...