Kessler & Solomiany, LLC Blog

Our goal, and mine, is to improve the practice of family law and to minimize the negative impact family law can have on families.

But if DOMA is overturned by the new “Respect for Marriage” act, then would Georgia be violating the full faith and credit clause of the U.S. Constitution if it did not recognize and enforce a valid “gay divorce”?

I think I am a proponent of allowing gay divorce. Not because it generates more business for divorce lawyers; in fact, it will create less business because the process of separating gay couples and dividing their assets and working out visitation arrangements for their children would then be simpler and much less costly.

Using lawyers to do their communicating often has its limits and almost always, celebrities figure out what they want to do and then tell their lawyers to “make it so”.

We have a tremendous line up of topics, including: “Saving a Stolen Childhood: How to Prevent and Resolve International Kidnapping Cases”, “Diminishing Returns: Effects of Illness, Psychological Problems & Addiction on Support Calculations” and “Tax Issues Faced by Alternative Families… A Mystery of Clues!” as well as fun topics like “Mission Impossible — Obtaining Discovery from Casinos”.

By Nate Davis Terrell Owens’ week isn’t getting any better. Days ago, it was revealed the free agent wideout, 37, is recovering from ACL surgery. Now his character may require some rehab after the mother of his child claimed he’s not fulfilling his financial obligations. T.O. “has failed and refused to pay the full amount […]

By Associated Press ATLANTA — The mother of Terrell Owens’ child says the NFL star has refused to pay the full $5,000 a month in child support he owes. Melanie Paige Smith filed court papers June 20 in an Atlanta court seeking to hold the player in contempt. Owens “has failed and refused to pay […]

The Georgia Supreme Court of Georgia has just changed it’s “pilot project” rule regarding discretionary appeals for domestic relations cases.

At least five family law attorneys in U.S. have been killed or violently attacked by clients’ ex-spouses since February 2010 By KAREN SLOAN, National Law Journal At 9:20 a.m. on June 2, Carey Hal Dyess walked into the converted single-story house that served as Jerrold Shelley’s law office in Yuma, Ariz. Dyess, 73, instructed an […]

Today I leave San Diego after five days participating in and observing how business valuation experts learn the ins and outs of litigation. There were over 700 attendees at what is known as NACVA and the IBA’s Annual Consultants’ Conference. On the first day I presented on hot topics in family law. But it is […]