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Legal Separation or a Divorce: What is the Difference and What is the Right Option for Me?

Legal Separation or a Divorce: What is the Difference and What is the Right Option for Me?

When a marriage is no longer working for any number of reasons, most people jump to the conclusion that the best possible answer is to divorce. In some cases, that conclusion rings true, but there is another option: legal separation. In the state of Alabama, legal separation puts a marriage on hold and allows each…

If We Share Custody 50/50, Do I Have To Pay Child Support?

If We Share Custody 50/50, Do I Have To Pay Child Support?

When Alabama parents divorce, the court’s final order will likely include a child support provision. According to state law, both parents are required to support their children. The court assumes that a custodial parent will provide for most of a child’s financial needs, and that’s why non-custodial parents receive child support orders. Child support determinations…

Divorcing Past the Age of 55: What Seniors Should Consider

Divorcing Past the Age of 55: What Seniors Should Consider

While the overall divorce rate in the U.S. is declining, divorces among couples over 50 years old are rising. The divorce rate among older couples has doubled since 1990. Those are startling statistics and mean seniors need to understand the factors involved in “gray divorces.”  Protect Yourself During a Divorce The conditions surrounding divorce change as people age, which means the strategies…

Questions You Should Ask a Family Law Attorney During the Initial Consultation

Questions You Should Ask a Family Law Attorney During the Initial Consultation

More than 600,000 couples in the United States end their marriages each year. Though going through a divorce can certainly make you feel alone, rest assured, you’re not. Of course, knowing others are facing similar struggles doesn’t make the situation any less frightening and confusing, does it? Working with a Cullman family law attorney can…