Is a Step Parent’s Income Included When Calculating Child Support?
Posted on 07. May, 2009 by Alabama Divorce Lawyer, Jim Jeffries.
I am often asked whether a step-parent’s income is included for the purposes of calculating child support. The answer under Alabama law is “No.” In Alabama, child support is based on the gross monthly income of each of the parents. If one parent as remarried, that parent’s spouse’s income is NOT included when calculating child [...]
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Alabama Divorce Statistics
Posted on 06. May, 2009 by Alabama Divorce Lawyer, Jim Jeffries.
Alabama ranks high in divorce rates.
According to the U.S. Department of Public Health, Alabama’s divorce rate was 39% higher than the national rate in 2007.
A recent article in the Time Daily, reports that many churches in Alabama are responding by implementing Divorce care programs for their communities. Encouragingly, the article relates that many communities are [...]
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A Kid’s Guide to Divorce
Posted on 05. May, 2009 by Alabama Divorce Lawyer, Jim Jeffries.
Just a short note today about a nice divorce resource I found. If you have read the Alabama Family Law Blog long, you know that I care a lot about the kids of divorce. Having been one myself, I am always concerned about how my client’s divorce case is affecting their children. That is why [...]
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Divorce Mediation is Often a Smart Way to Resolve Your Case
Posted on 04. May, 2009 by Alabama Divorce Lawyer, Jim Jeffries.
I recently read an article on divorce mediation. The article discusses the advantages of resolving your divorce case by mediation instead of what they called “traditional litigation” (what I call “adversarialy litigation”). It is worth a quick read.
Under Alabama divorce laws, mediation is often ordered by a Judge. In most of the mediation cases I [...]
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How to Move on After Divorce
Posted on 01. May, 2009 by Alabama Divorce Lawyer, Jim Jeffries.
Tips to Rebuild Your Life and Your Goals after Divorce contains some good advice. The information there is not really specific to Alabama divorce law. In fact, the article doesn’t really deal with divorce laws at all. Rather, the focus of the article is on how to move on with your life after divorce. And, [...]
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Telling the Kids About the Divorce
Posted on 30. Apr, 2009 by Alabama Divorce Lawyer, Jim Jeffries.
How do I tell the children about the divorce?
It is one of the toughest tasks that accompanies a divorce. How do we tell the children? I recently came across a good article that advised parents facing divorce to avoid these three mistakes when telling the children:
Pressuring the children to make a choice,
Forgetting to emphasize that [...]
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Should You Keep the House in Your Divorce?
Posted on 29. Apr, 2009 by Alabama Divorce Lawyer, Jim Jeffries.
This is a question that comes up quite a bit in my work with couples going through a divorce in Alabama. It can often be a very emotional decision. Well, I recently came across a blog by Kansas divorce lawyer Shea Stevens. Shea is posting some great material. One of her recent articles was on [...]
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Financial Planning for Divorcing Spouses
Posted on 28. Apr, 2009 by Alabama Divorce Lawyer, Jim Jeffries.
The Daily Breeze recently published an article on the finanical planning that divorcing spouses should consider. The article suggests that in addition to having good divorce attorneys involved, that divorcing spouses should also consider involving a “divorce savvy” finanical planner. One of the soundest pieces of advice that the artilce suggests is also something I [...]
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The Alabama Family Law Blog Has a New Look
Posted on 24. Apr, 2009 by Alabama Divorce Lawyer, Jim Jeffries.
Well, I FINALLY, got around to updating the blog. Those that have been following our site for a while know that I have been blogging on divorce and family law matters for a few years now. A face lift was long over due. I also wanted to switch over to the Wordpress platform. Moving from [...]
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The Style of Your Divorce Lawyer: The Lamb, the Pit Bull and the Fox
Posted on 24. Apr, 2009 by Alabama Divorce Lawyer, Jim Jeffries.
I am frequently asked by prospective divorce clients if I will be aggressive… or a pit bull… or a shark. They phrase it differently. But, many folks facing divorce think that what they need is the most aggressive divorce lawyer in Alabama (or whatever jurisdiction they happen to be in).
In my years of divorce practice [...]