Posted by Steven A. Harris | Divorce, Family Law
A spouse who wants to get a legal separation or a divorce is not allowed to hide assets. They are required to disclose their assets and debts through a financial disclosure. After the spouses make a full and accurate financial disclosure to one another, they draft a separation agreement if they are getting legally separated. …
Posted by Steven A. Harris | Family Law
A prenuptial agreement, or prenup, is a contract regarding debts and assets that future spouses enter into prior to getting married. In Alabama, in order to be valid, a prenuptial agreement should be in writing and signed by both spouses. The parties should enter into a prenup after a full disclosure of debts and assets. …
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Posted by Steven A. Harris | Divorce, Family Law
In Alabama, two spouses who get legally separated are still considered to be legally married. The earnings, including retirement benefits, or accumulations of assets of either spouse that they receive after the decree of legal separation are the party’s separate property. The court will not consider these earnings in a later divorce action. A spouse …
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Posted by Steven A. Harris | Divorce, Family Law
In Alabama, a default divorce is a divorce that the court orders when the responding spouse does not respond to the divorce petition within a specified time limit. Generally, that time limit is thirty days. The plaintiff, through their Birmingham divorce attorney, can request a divorce judgment by default by filing a motion. In a …
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Posted by Steven A. Harris | Divorce
Divorces in Madison County are handled by the Circuit Court of Madison County, Alabama. There are rules called Civil Procedure in the State of Alabama that attorneys must follow when processing cases through the Courts and divorces are just civil cases and must follow these rules. Even in an uncontested divorce, these rules of civil …
Posted by Steven A. Harris | Divorce, Family Law
Generally, a prenuptial agreement is not necessary to protect an inheritance in Alabama. Money or property received from an inheritance are solely the property of the spouse who received them. The items are termed separate property. The court in a divorce will not generally divide an inheritance for one spouse between the spouses upon divorce. …
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Posted by Steven A. Harris | Divorce, Family Law
Divorce interactions are a troublesome one, emotionally and monetarily. It is the separation of a nuclear family, the division of conjugal property and resources, and here and there the foundation of new care game plans for your children. One piece of a Huntsville divorce or a divorce anywhere in Alabama can be a deposition. This …
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The metaverse is digital space, like a virtual reality game. The term “metaverse” is not specific to any one game or software application. It is understood to mean a fictive space that may or may not have a real-life equivalent. A person married to a certain partner in the metaverse may be legally married to …
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Non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, are a one-of-a-kind digital asset stored on a blockchain. Think about it like rare artwork, a rare expensive car, or something as common as a collectable baseball card. Because they exist on a blockchain, their uniqueness is secured by way of their digital nature. Unlike cryptocurrencies, which are another form of …
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Posted by Steven A. Harris | Adoption, Family Law
Stepparent adoption is a process by which the stepparent adopts their partner’s child. When this process is finalized, the child will receive a new birth certificate with the adoptive parent’s name replacing the other parent, and if they so desire, they will take that parent’s last name. This type of adoption makes a formal legal …
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