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Growing older has its advantages and disadvantages. Decline in health as aging occurs is generally seen as the biggest disadvantage, while retirement is generally seen as the biggest advantage. However, senior citizens are having a harder time each year reaping the rewards that they expected in their golden years. What many foresaw as a time… Read more about Bankruptcy Among Senior Citizens

Investments are meant to bring investors a greater return than what they initially invested, yet this is not a guaranteed scenario. With the unstable economy in the United States over the past nine years, many people have found themselves “upside down” in their mortgage. For most people, a home is the largest purchase that they… Read more about Strategic Default

Sometimes marriages simply do not work out. Different desires for the future, incompatible personality traits, job demands, infidelity, and money issues are all common reasons why couples choose to quit marriage and go in separate directions. Everyone has heard of “ugly” divorce cases, but all divorces do not have to turn ugly. An uncontested divorce… Read more about An Uncontested Divorce

Whether you ever expected your marriage to end in divorce or not, alimony and spousal support are part of the cost of entering into a marriage. Alimony payments, also referred to as “spousal support,” is money paid to an ex-spouse who earned substantially less money than you did. While alimony is not typically awarded to… Read more about Alimony and Spousal Support

Businesses can find themselves in debt, just like individual people and families do. There are specific opportunities that businesses have to reorganize themselves through bankruptcy proceedings in order to stay afloat. The very first step that you should take should you be a business owner and find your business going under is to call an… Read more about Business Bankruptcy

Paternity law refers to the legal relationship between a father and his biological or adopted children. This law deals with the rights and obligations of both the father and the child to each other as well as to others. For many, many years, rulings of child custody cases were largely based on a gender-biased system…. Read more about Paternity Rights

Money. Money makes the world go ‘round. Money is necessary for getting ahead, or just catching up. Money is also one of the most heated topics in a divorce. It is not uncommon for couples to file for divorce because of certain irreparable differences or circumstances, only to find out during the process that a… Read more about Spousal Debt Responsibility

There are some times when married spouses need to take some time away from one another in order to try to resolve their marriage conflicts without getting a legal divorce. Called “Separate Maintenance” under Georgia Law, a marital separation agreement can address all issues that would be settled if a divorce is ultimately filed. At… Read more about Marital Separation Agreement

The Fair Debt Collect Practices Act (FDCPA) prohibits debt collectors from engaging in abusive, unfair, or deceptive collection tactics or harassment of any kind. However, even with this act set in place, it does not mean that creditors will not try to harass you with calls day and night demanding that you pay your debts…. Read more about Stop Harassment From Creditors

Debt can lead to many serious side-effects that many people do not put much thought toward when they are simply buying a new car, new boat, new home. However, life happens to all of us, and those who do not stay abreast of their financial situations can quickly find themselves drowning in debt with creditors… Read more about Facing Foreclosure