Keon Family Law

A Georgia statute permits awards of legal fees to a party in divorce or alimony cases, or in actions for contempt of divorce or alimony judgments. Yet, while the statutory language imposes no different requirements for a fee award in a contempt proceeding than in an original divorce/alimony case, in...

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Generally, Georgia law authorizes entry of default judgments against defendants who fail to timely file defensive pleadings in civil actions. That general rule, however, does not apply to defendants in designated domestic relations cases. This article will discuss the consequences of a defendant’s f...

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Georgia law provides two basic methods for appellate review of orders entered by trial courts: direct appeals as of right to an appropriate appellate court; and appeals requiring application to and approval by the appropriate appellate court. Interestingly, child custody orders entered in domestic r...

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Although less frequently relied upon as grounds for divorce nowadays, adultery and acts of cruel treatment by a spouse continue to play prominent roles in divorce proceedings. Nonetheless, one spouse’s condonation of the other’s adulterous acts or cruel behavior can significantly impact a right to d...

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A prior article explored the use of imputed income for determinations of child support, alimony, and attorney’s fees in Georgia divorce actions. As that article discussed, Georgia law has permitted utilization of a party’s earning capacity, rather than gross income, to determine the amounts of chi...

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