Family First: Family Law Blog
Exploring legal issues facing Alabama familiesWelcome to Family First, the official family law blog of The Yeatts Law Firm.
This blog will provide news, updates and information on Alabama laws concerning a broad range of family law issues. These issues include marriage, civil unions and domestic partnerships; termination of marital relations and ancillary matters such as divorce, annulment, property settlements, alimony, child custody, child visitation and child support; adoption, surrogacy and guardianships; child abuse, child neglect and child abduction; juvenile adjudication; paternity, paternity testing and paternity fraud; and legal issues surrounding LGBT relationships.
How Alabama Attorneys Help LGBTQ Couples in Unique Surrogacy Custody Battles
The increasing desire of same-sex couples to have children has seen a rise in the utilization of Assisted Reproductive Technologies. Methods such as surrogacy are quickly gaining traction as a way to ensuring the child is genetically related to one partner as opposed...
3 Reasons to Hire a Divorce Attorney in Alabama as Opposed to Online Divorce
Divorce is never an easy process, especially with the usual stereotypes surrounding it. While some cases involve plenty of drama and huge sums of money, it doesn’t have to be this way. Today, there are very many avenues that a couple can take to ensure a smooth,...
How Prenuptial Agreements Can make the Divorce Process Easier and Less Painful
Marriage can be accurately described as a contract between two partners. If that contract is going to be voided than a prenuptial agreements can make the divorce process easier and less painful. But, a lot of couples often shy away from this topic as it can be an...
Legal Protection Against the Different Forms of Child Abuse That Happen During a Divorce
Sadly, legal protection from abuse for children during a divorce is becoming more essential. For a child to fully develop, both parents need to be present and positively engaged with their children. However, inevitable circumstances may render this difficult or...
The Importance of the Alabama Parent-Child Relationship Protection Act
The Alabama relocation protection act addresses the relocation of a single parent away from each other after a divorce and the issue of possession of the children. The statute took effect from September 1st, 2003 and effectively governs all the relocations taking...
The Different Options for Divorce in Alabama
There are a number of different options to divorce in Alabama. No two marriages are the same which makes that no two divorces are the same. But in general, a person filing for divorce (petitioner) does have a few different ways that they are able to divorce. In fact,...
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