Alabama Family Law Blog
How to maintain structure for children in divorce
Alabama parents often ask how they can ease the upheaval that children experience during the divorce process. There are ways to reduce the impact that the kids feel, but there is no way to fully shelter them from the effects of their family separating. Nonetheless,...
How to keep divorce out of the workplace
Divorce can be difficult for many people in Alabama, and the stress can bleed into other aspects of life. Some people may be worried about their performance in the workplace, and they might wonder whether it would be best to share the source of their stress with...
Get through a divorce with sanity intact
Spouses in Alabama who find themselves in the middle of divorce may have difficulty handing the combination of life changes and legal matters that they must deal with in a short time. How they take care of themselves determines whether they will be able to keep their...
Financial considerations in divorce for older adults
Couples in Alabama who decide to get a divorce later in life may face a number of challenges. After years of planning a retirement together, they will need to think about how the divorce is going to change their lives so that they can be better prepared to decide how...
How to protect credit in a divorce
Many things are on the line in an Alabama divorce, including one's credit. The risk to credit score comes from the fact that one spouse can run up debts in the other's name. Some people who have been through a divorce reported that their credit scores dropped by over...
Factors that determine who pays student loans after a divorce
Education often leads to higher incomes for people in Montgomery, Alabama. For this reason, you or your spouse may have taken out student loans to pursue a career. Among married couples, the question of who bears responsibility for paying student loan debts can become...
Using a prenup to protect a business
Prenuptial agreements used to be relatively rare, but that has changed in recent years. People in Alabama who own a business may want to use a prenup to protect it. In addition to establishing what the business is worth at the time of the marriage, it can also specify...
Financial matters to consider during a divorce
Millions of Americans, including Alabama residents, get divorced every year, and many of them make serious financial mistakes. For starters, some separating spouses will agree that one person can keep the marital home after a divorce. However, for many people, it...
Getting help when child support payments are too high
In Alabama, many parents simply cannot afford to pay the full amount of child support. This has nothing to do with the perception of "deadbeat parents" and has everything to do with the fact that child support obligations are often set high. In many cases, they are...
Some couples obtain a strategic divorce
It is not a secret that the tax code and other laws are not always written in the best way to facilitate marriage in Alabama. Sometimes, married couples end up concluding that they are better off financially if they are no longer married. Some married couples...
