Alabama Family Law Blog
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...
How education and other factors affect the chance of divorce
People in Alabama who have more education might be less likely to get a divorce. Studies have found that a higher income, more education and marrying later in life all tend to be connected and can all be indicators that the marriage is less vulnerable to coming to an...
Paying attention to credit in a divorce
Divorce can have an impact on many different areas of the life of the person going through the process, including their credit. While some of the impacts may be unavoidable, there are steps that can be taken during and after the divorce to help protect their credit...
