Augusta Military Divorce Attorney - Valley man accused of hiring hit man to kill wife over divorce
PHOENIX -- Dimitri Rozenman, 38, is behind bars accused of hiring a hit man to murder his wife, her sister and her parents.
All over the terms in his recent divorce. Specifically - the financial terms.
Court documents reveal the couple owned properties and cigar businesses in Phoenix, Scottsdale, and Mesa worth nearly $2 million.
In their divorce settlement, the judge ordered Rozenman to pay his wife $476,000.
Sgt. Tommy Thompson of the Phoenix Police Department said, "He was upset because of that and that's why he contracted to have his wife and her family killed."
A judge awarded the couple joint custody of their 3-year-old twins, and called Rozenman a "capable father" and "rational."
But during the course of the divorce, Rozenman sent his wife "nasty e-mails."
The judge criticized his "serious lack of self control" and ordered him into anger management for his "juvenile behavior."
Rozenman has no history of domestic violence and no record in Arizona.
Alexandra Gonzalez-Waddington is an Augusta GA divorce lawyer & Georgia Military Divorce Lawyer Augusta Georgia domestic mediator. She is an Augusta military divorce lawyer, GA child custody attorney , and Augusta Georgia child support attorney. She offers mediation for divorce, child custody, and child support.
Augusta Military Divorce Attorney - Madonna And Ritchie's Divorce Details To Go Public
Augusta Military Divorce Attorney - Madonna And Ritchie's Divorce Details To Go Public
Details of Madonna's divorce from Guy Ritchie will be made public within weeks, according to reports.
The former couple's six-year marriage ended in 2008, and they thrashed out a deal in the British courts to share custody of their two children Rocco, 8, and David, 3.
They joined forces again last week to file papers at Manhattan Supreme Court, asking a U.S. judge to approve the agreement, which will keep the two boys jetting between Ritchie in England and Madonna in the Big Apple.
The stars had hoped to keep details of their arrangements under wraps, but because the case has now moved to New York, it means future hearings regarding the children's care will be open to the public, unlike in the U.K. where family law courts are closed.
Details of previous hearings in Britain could also be revealed during the U.S. courtroom proceedings, according to London's Evening Standard newspaper.
A source tells the publication, "There is going to be a hearing next month and the papers that have been filed will be available then. The New York hearing will confirm the English proceedings.
"There will be revelations, but the divorce remains amicable and intelligently handled."
The case is due to be heard on March 2.
Alexandra Gonzalez-Waddington is an Augusta GA divorce lawyer & Georgia Military Divorce Lawyer Augusta Georgia domestic mediator. She is an Augusta military divorce lawyer, GA child custody attorney , and Augusta Georgia child support attorney. She offers mediation for divorce, child custody, and child support.
Details of Madonna's divorce from Guy Ritchie will be made public within weeks, according to reports.
The former couple's six-year marriage ended in 2008, and they thrashed out a deal in the British courts to share custody of their two children Rocco, 8, and David, 3.
They joined forces again last week to file papers at Manhattan Supreme Court, asking a U.S. judge to approve the agreement, which will keep the two boys jetting between Ritchie in England and Madonna in the Big Apple.
The stars had hoped to keep details of their arrangements under wraps, but because the case has now moved to New York, it means future hearings regarding the children's care will be open to the public, unlike in the U.K. where family law courts are closed.
Details of previous hearings in Britain could also be revealed during the U.S. courtroom proceedings, according to London's Evening Standard newspaper.
A source tells the publication, "There is going to be a hearing next month and the papers that have been filed will be available then. The New York hearing will confirm the English proceedings.
"There will be revelations, but the divorce remains amicable and intelligently handled."
The case is due to be heard on March 2.
Alexandra Gonzalez-Waddington is an Augusta GA divorce lawyer & Georgia Military Divorce Lawyer Augusta Georgia domestic mediator. She is an Augusta military divorce lawyer, GA child custody attorney , and Augusta Georgia child support attorney. She offers mediation for divorce, child custody, and child support.
Augusta Military Divorce Attorney - Breaking up the assets can be hard to do
Augusta Military Divorce Attorney - Breaking up the assets can be hard to do
Most couples need help sorting out the complex financial issues during their marriage breakup
Rick Haliechuk - THE STAR
The woman's marriage was over after 14 years, and although the divorce was proceeding amicably, sorting out the financial items was proving to be very stressful.
"There were some issues, and I was definitely emotionally raw," says the Toronto-area woman.
She knew she needed some financial help, so on the advice of her lawyer, she turned to one of the very few professionals practising exclusively in the nascent field of divorce financial analysis.
In the typical divorce, says analyst Eva Sachs, there are two big issues: "Kids and money. I deal with the money."
Often, Sachs says, she'll hear something like this from a client: "I want to be sure I'll be okay. All I want is what's fair."
A financial planner since 1996, Sachs gave up that lucrative career to work full-time with women who are already in divorce or facing the prospect of a marriage breakup. This writer was a former financial planning client of Sachs.
Before a final separation agreement can be reached, either by litigation or through collaborative negotiation, Sachs says there are a host of issues that must be addressed.
For example, if the family assets consist of a $500,000 house and an equal amount of investments, should one spouse simply get the house, the other the investments? But in today's uncertain economic climate, Sachs explains, in time the house may be worth much less than the investments – or vice versa. If there are children in the marriage, where will the money come from as expenses rise through the teenage and post-secondary education years?
Sachs, who runs her business from her Etobicoke home, will craft a financial plan for her client, summarizing the anticipated expenses and the projected future value of family assets.
"In the interim period, to the time the separation agreement is in place, (women) need to at least contemplate what that period of time will mean financially," Sachs says.
"Lots of women are not familiar with the family finances," she adds, even those who have careers outside the home.
For the Toronto woman mentioned earlier, Sachs prepared a plan focused "not so much on the present, but going forward," the woman says. "She made me realize what I could give up and what I couldn't give up."
Sachs, 54, is now a certified divorce financial analyst, an accreditation given by the Institute of Divorce Financial Analysts, a U.S.-based organization that offers course instruction online. Sachs estimates that there may be no more than 100 people certified as divorce financial analysts in Canada.
While the overall divorce rate in Canada is stable, Sachs says, more older marriages are breaking up, a phenomenon called "grey divorce." Most of her clients are from marriages of 20, 25, even 30 years' duration. She's even had one client who was 78.
Sachs conducts her practice in what is termed a collaborative family law setting. Different than mediation, collaborative law is for divorcing couples who want to avoid the Sturm und Drang of litigation, with its costly court appearances.
Often, a client will come to Sachs after being referred by her lawyer, who may work solely in the collaborative setting, such as Toronto family law lawyer Marion Korn.
In this scenario, separating couples "have put aside whatever animosities they might have," Korn says, and try to work out a settlement in a team approach. That team would consist of the lawyers for the parties, financial advisers like Sachs, even therapists.
In her experience, Korn has found that many families manage their finances in an impractical and ad hoc fashion, which makes reaching a financial settlement problematic.
"A general problem is that people have a very difficult time preparing projections," she says. That's where a trained planner like Sachs can help, Korn adds.
Cori Kalinowski, a Toronto lawyer who also practises in the collaborative family law setting, says sometimes a divorce financial analyst will act for both parties as a ``neutral'' adviser.
This can happen when both the husband and wife have a good handle on the family finances and have usually made decisions together, she says.
Occasionally, the cost of an adviser can be an issue.
``Sometimes clients have a concern about having another professional to pay,'' she says.
Sachs says she experienced what she calls an "aha moment" a few years ago at a financial planners' conference in the U.S., and listened to a talk about divorce financial planning.
"One day, I'm going to do this," she remembers telling herself then. She also suggests there's an altruistic element to her new business.
Pointing to a chair in her office used by clients, she says, "I realized that the lady who walks in could be me."
Korn says the value of the process for a divorcing woman goes beyond the mere production of a financial projection.
"They don't feel overawed," she says. "They get a sense of control over their finances."
Alexandra Gonzalez-Waddington is an Augusta GA divorce lawyer & Georgia Military Divorce Lawyer Augusta Georgia domestic mediator. She is an Augusta military divorce lawyer, GA child custody attorney , and Augusta Georgia child support attorney. She offers mediation for divorce, child custody, and child support.
Most couples need help sorting out the complex financial issues during their marriage breakup
Rick Haliechuk - THE STAR
The woman's marriage was over after 14 years, and although the divorce was proceeding amicably, sorting out the financial items was proving to be very stressful.
"There were some issues, and I was definitely emotionally raw," says the Toronto-area woman.
She knew she needed some financial help, so on the advice of her lawyer, she turned to one of the very few professionals practising exclusively in the nascent field of divorce financial analysis.
In the typical divorce, says analyst Eva Sachs, there are two big issues: "Kids and money. I deal with the money."
Often, Sachs says, she'll hear something like this from a client: "I want to be sure I'll be okay. All I want is what's fair."
A financial planner since 1996, Sachs gave up that lucrative career to work full-time with women who are already in divorce or facing the prospect of a marriage breakup. This writer was a former financial planning client of Sachs.
Before a final separation agreement can be reached, either by litigation or through collaborative negotiation, Sachs says there are a host of issues that must be addressed.
For example, if the family assets consist of a $500,000 house and an equal amount of investments, should one spouse simply get the house, the other the investments? But in today's uncertain economic climate, Sachs explains, in time the house may be worth much less than the investments – or vice versa. If there are children in the marriage, where will the money come from as expenses rise through the teenage and post-secondary education years?
Sachs, who runs her business from her Etobicoke home, will craft a financial plan for her client, summarizing the anticipated expenses and the projected future value of family assets.
"In the interim period, to the time the separation agreement is in place, (women) need to at least contemplate what that period of time will mean financially," Sachs says.
"Lots of women are not familiar with the family finances," she adds, even those who have careers outside the home.
For the Toronto woman mentioned earlier, Sachs prepared a plan focused "not so much on the present, but going forward," the woman says. "She made me realize what I could give up and what I couldn't give up."
Sachs, 54, is now a certified divorce financial analyst, an accreditation given by the Institute of Divorce Financial Analysts, a U.S.-based organization that offers course instruction online. Sachs estimates that there may be no more than 100 people certified as divorce financial analysts in Canada.
While the overall divorce rate in Canada is stable, Sachs says, more older marriages are breaking up, a phenomenon called "grey divorce." Most of her clients are from marriages of 20, 25, even 30 years' duration. She's even had one client who was 78.
Sachs conducts her practice in what is termed a collaborative family law setting. Different than mediation, collaborative law is for divorcing couples who want to avoid the Sturm und Drang of litigation, with its costly court appearances.
Often, a client will come to Sachs after being referred by her lawyer, who may work solely in the collaborative setting, such as Toronto family law lawyer Marion Korn.
In this scenario, separating couples "have put aside whatever animosities they might have," Korn says, and try to work out a settlement in a team approach. That team would consist of the lawyers for the parties, financial advisers like Sachs, even therapists.
In her experience, Korn has found that many families manage their finances in an impractical and ad hoc fashion, which makes reaching a financial settlement problematic.
"A general problem is that people have a very difficult time preparing projections," she says. That's where a trained planner like Sachs can help, Korn adds.
Cori Kalinowski, a Toronto lawyer who also practises in the collaborative family law setting, says sometimes a divorce financial analyst will act for both parties as a ``neutral'' adviser.
This can happen when both the husband and wife have a good handle on the family finances and have usually made decisions together, she says.
Occasionally, the cost of an adviser can be an issue.
``Sometimes clients have a concern about having another professional to pay,'' she says.
Sachs says she experienced what she calls an "aha moment" a few years ago at a financial planners' conference in the U.S., and listened to a talk about divorce financial planning.
"One day, I'm going to do this," she remembers telling herself then. She also suggests there's an altruistic element to her new business.
Pointing to a chair in her office used by clients, she says, "I realized that the lady who walks in could be me."
Korn says the value of the process for a divorcing woman goes beyond the mere production of a financial projection.
"They don't feel overawed," she says. "They get a sense of control over their finances."
Alexandra Gonzalez-Waddington is an Augusta GA divorce lawyer & Georgia Military Divorce Lawyer Augusta Georgia domestic mediator. She is an Augusta military divorce lawyer, GA child custody attorney , and Augusta Georgia child support attorney. She offers mediation for divorce, child custody, and child support.
Augusta Military Divorce Attorney - Spousal 'misconduct' may enter divorce proceedings
Augusta Military Divorce Attorney - Spousal 'misconduct' may enter divorce proceedings
by Howard Fischer - Capitol Media Services
State lawmakers may force divorce judges to start hearing words they haven't heard in more than three decades. Words like "He (or she) cheated."
Legislation being pushed by Sen. Linda Gray, R-Glendale, would allow either party in a divorce case to introduce evidence of "misconduct" by the other spouse.
The change in SB 1206 would not affect whether a judge would grant a divorce. The sole grounds for a court making that decision would remain that the union is "irretrievably broken."
Alexandra Gonzalez-Waddington is an Augusta GA divorce lawyer & Georgia Military Divorce Lawyer Augusta Georgia domestic mediator. She is an Augusta military divorce lawyer, GA child custody attorney , and Augusta Georgia child support attorney. She offers mediation for divorce, child custody, and child support.
by Howard Fischer - Capitol Media Services
State lawmakers may force divorce judges to start hearing words they haven't heard in more than three decades. Words like "He (or she) cheated."
Legislation being pushed by Sen. Linda Gray, R-Glendale, would allow either party in a divorce case to introduce evidence of "misconduct" by the other spouse.
The change in SB 1206 would not affect whether a judge would grant a divorce. The sole grounds for a court making that decision would remain that the union is "irretrievably broken."
Alexandra Gonzalez-Waddington is an Augusta GA divorce lawyer & Georgia Military Divorce Lawyer Augusta Georgia domestic mediator. She is an Augusta military divorce lawyer, GA child custody attorney , and Augusta Georgia child support attorney. She offers mediation for divorce, child custody, and child support.
Augusta Military Divorce Attorney - Beheading in New York Appears to Be Honor Killing, Experts Say
Augusta Military Divorce Attorney - Beheading in New York Appears to Be Honor Killing, Experts Say
By Joshua Rhett Miller
The beheading of 37-year-old Aasiya Hassan has all the markings of an honor killing, psychologists and Islamic experts tell FOXNews.com, as the upstate New York woman's husband awaits a preliminary hearing on murder charges.
Muzzammil Hassan, 44, remains jailed after being charged with the second-degree murder of his wife, whose body was found Thursday at the office of Bridges TV, their television station in Orchard Park, near Buffalo.
Orchard Park Police Chief Andrew Benz said Hassan has not confessed to the crime, despite media reports to the contrary.
"He came in and said his wife was dead," said Benz, who declined to elaborate on the particulars of his conversation with the suspect.
But Erie County District Attorney Frank Sedita III left no doubt that he believes Muzzammil Hassan killed his wife. Hassan will appear for a preliminary hearing Wednesday in Orchard Park. If convicted of second-degree murder, he faces up to life in prison.
"He's a pretty vicious and remorseless bastard," Sedita told FOXNews.com Tuesday. "Whether he was motivated by some kind of interpretation of his religious or cultural views, we don't know. We'll look into everything in the case."
Asked if the murder is being probed as an honor killing, Benz replied, "We've been told that there's no place for that kind of action in their faith, but I wouldn't say that there's anything that's being completely ruled out at this point."
But psychologists and some American Muslims said the slaying has all the markings of an honor killing.
"The fierce and gruesome nature of this murder signals it's an honor killing," said Dr. Phyllis Chesler, an author and professor of psychology at the Richmond College of the City University of New York. "What she did was worthy of capital punishment in his eyes."
Following multiple episodes of domestic violence, Aasiya Hassan filed for divorce on Feb. 6 and obtained an order of protection that barred her husband from their home, according to attorney Elizabeth DiPirro, whose law firm, Hogan Willig, represented Aasiya Hassan in the divorce proceeding.
Chesler, who wrote "Are Honor Killings Simply Domestic Violence?" for Middle East Quarterly, said some Muslim men consider divorce a dishonor on their family.
"This is not permitted in their culture," said Chesler, whose study analyzed more than 50 reports of honor killings in North America and Europe. "This is, from a cultural point of view, an honor killing."
Chesler said honor killings typically are Muslim-on-Muslim crimes and largely involve teenage daughters, young women and, to a lesser extent, wives.
But Chesler said the "extremely gruesome nature" of the crime closely matches the characteristics of an honor killing.
"Leaving the body parts displayed the way he did, like a terrorist would do, that's very peculiar, it's very public," Chesler said. "He wanted to show that even though his business venture may have been failing, that he was in control of his wife."
Chesler called on U.S. and Canadian immigration authorities to inform potential Muslim immigrants and new Muslim citizens that it's illegal to abuse women in the two countries.
"As long as Islamist advocacy groups continue to obfuscate the problem, and government and police officials accept their inaccurate versions of reality, women will continue to be killed for honor in the West, such murder may even accelerate," Chesler wrote. "Unchecked by Western law, their blood will be on society's hands."
M. Zuhdi Jasser, founder and chairman of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy, agreed with Chesler.
"It certainly has all the markings of [an honor killing]," Jasser told FOXNews.com. "She expressed through the legal system that she was being abused, and at the moment she asked for divorce, she's not only murdered — she's decapitated."
Muzzammil and Aasiya Hassan founded Bridges TV in November 2004 to counter anti-Islam stereotypes, touting the network as the "first-ever full-time home for American Muslims," according to a 2004 press release.
Jasser said he was concerned that Aasiya Hassan suffered such a barbaric death after she and her husband were seen as a couple focused on bettering the "Islamic image" in the United States.
"The most dangerous aspect of this case is to simply say it's domestic violence," Jasser told FOXNews.com.
In a 1,300-word statement, Islamic Society of North America Vice President Imam Mohammed Hagmagid Ali said the organization was "shocked and saddened" by the killing.
"This is a wake up call to all of us, that violence against women is real and can not be ignored," the statement read. "It must be addressed collectively by every member of our community."
Ali called on imams and community leaders to take a "strong stand" against domestic violence, and he denounced the link of shame and divorce among Muslims.
"Women who seek divorce from their spouses because of physical abuse should get full support from the community and should not be viewed as someone who has brought shame to herself or her family," the statement continued. "The shame is on the person who committed the act of violence or abuse. Our community needs to take a strong stand against abusive spouses."
Meanwhile, Rabbi Brad Hirschfield, a producer and host for Bridges TV who worked alongside the Hassans, said "now is not the time" to debate the cultural and religious context of the murder that appears to be an honor killing inspired by Aasiya Hassan's desire to divorce her husband.
"There will be time for that later," Hirschfield said in a statement obtained by FOXNews.com. "I will only say to those who leap to the conclusion that this kind of thing is intrinsic to Islam, ask yourselves if you think that drunkenness is intrinsic to Irish Catholics, or cheating in business is to Jews?"
Alexandra Gonzalez-Waddington is an Augusta GA divorce lawyer & Georgia Military Divorce Lawyer Augusta Georgia domestic mediator. She is an Augusta military divorce lawyer, GA child custody attorney , and Augusta Georgia child support attorney. She offers mediation for divorce, child custody, and child support.
By Joshua Rhett Miller
The beheading of 37-year-old Aasiya Hassan has all the markings of an honor killing, psychologists and Islamic experts tell FOXNews.com, as the upstate New York woman's husband awaits a preliminary hearing on murder charges.
Muzzammil Hassan, 44, remains jailed after being charged with the second-degree murder of his wife, whose body was found Thursday at the office of Bridges TV, their television station in Orchard Park, near Buffalo.
Orchard Park Police Chief Andrew Benz said Hassan has not confessed to the crime, despite media reports to the contrary.
"He came in and said his wife was dead," said Benz, who declined to elaborate on the particulars of his conversation with the suspect.
But Erie County District Attorney Frank Sedita III left no doubt that he believes Muzzammil Hassan killed his wife. Hassan will appear for a preliminary hearing Wednesday in Orchard Park. If convicted of second-degree murder, he faces up to life in prison.
"He's a pretty vicious and remorseless bastard," Sedita told FOXNews.com Tuesday. "Whether he was motivated by some kind of interpretation of his religious or cultural views, we don't know. We'll look into everything in the case."
Asked if the murder is being probed as an honor killing, Benz replied, "We've been told that there's no place for that kind of action in their faith, but I wouldn't say that there's anything that's being completely ruled out at this point."
But psychologists and some American Muslims said the slaying has all the markings of an honor killing.
"The fierce and gruesome nature of this murder signals it's an honor killing," said Dr. Phyllis Chesler, an author and professor of psychology at the Richmond College of the City University of New York. "What she did was worthy of capital punishment in his eyes."
Following multiple episodes of domestic violence, Aasiya Hassan filed for divorce on Feb. 6 and obtained an order of protection that barred her husband from their home, according to attorney Elizabeth DiPirro, whose law firm, Hogan Willig, represented Aasiya Hassan in the divorce proceeding.
Chesler, who wrote "Are Honor Killings Simply Domestic Violence?" for Middle East Quarterly, said some Muslim men consider divorce a dishonor on their family.
"This is not permitted in their culture," said Chesler, whose study analyzed more than 50 reports of honor killings in North America and Europe. "This is, from a cultural point of view, an honor killing."
Chesler said honor killings typically are Muslim-on-Muslim crimes and largely involve teenage daughters, young women and, to a lesser extent, wives.
But Chesler said the "extremely gruesome nature" of the crime closely matches the characteristics of an honor killing.
"Leaving the body parts displayed the way he did, like a terrorist would do, that's very peculiar, it's very public," Chesler said. "He wanted to show that even though his business venture may have been failing, that he was in control of his wife."
Chesler called on U.S. and Canadian immigration authorities to inform potential Muslim immigrants and new Muslim citizens that it's illegal to abuse women in the two countries.
"As long as Islamist advocacy groups continue to obfuscate the problem, and government and police officials accept their inaccurate versions of reality, women will continue to be killed for honor in the West, such murder may even accelerate," Chesler wrote. "Unchecked by Western law, their blood will be on society's hands."
M. Zuhdi Jasser, founder and chairman of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy, agreed with Chesler.
"It certainly has all the markings of [an honor killing]," Jasser told FOXNews.com. "She expressed through the legal system that she was being abused, and at the moment she asked for divorce, she's not only murdered — she's decapitated."
Muzzammil and Aasiya Hassan founded Bridges TV in November 2004 to counter anti-Islam stereotypes, touting the network as the "first-ever full-time home for American Muslims," according to a 2004 press release.
Jasser said he was concerned that Aasiya Hassan suffered such a barbaric death after she and her husband were seen as a couple focused on bettering the "Islamic image" in the United States.
"The most dangerous aspect of this case is to simply say it's domestic violence," Jasser told FOXNews.com.
In a 1,300-word statement, Islamic Society of North America Vice President Imam Mohammed Hagmagid Ali said the organization was "shocked and saddened" by the killing.
"This is a wake up call to all of us, that violence against women is real and can not be ignored," the statement read. "It must be addressed collectively by every member of our community."
Ali called on imams and community leaders to take a "strong stand" against domestic violence, and he denounced the link of shame and divorce among Muslims.
"Women who seek divorce from their spouses because of physical abuse should get full support from the community and should not be viewed as someone who has brought shame to herself or her family," the statement continued. "The shame is on the person who committed the act of violence or abuse. Our community needs to take a strong stand against abusive spouses."
Meanwhile, Rabbi Brad Hirschfield, a producer and host for Bridges TV who worked alongside the Hassans, said "now is not the time" to debate the cultural and religious context of the murder that appears to be an honor killing inspired by Aasiya Hassan's desire to divorce her husband.
"There will be time for that later," Hirschfield said in a statement obtained by FOXNews.com. "I will only say to those who leap to the conclusion that this kind of thing is intrinsic to Islam, ask yourselves if you think that drunkenness is intrinsic to Irish Catholics, or cheating in business is to Jews?"
Alexandra Gonzalez-Waddington is an Augusta GA divorce lawyer & Georgia Military Divorce Lawyer Augusta Georgia domestic mediator. She is an Augusta military divorce lawyer, GA child custody attorney , and Augusta Georgia child support attorney. She offers mediation for divorce, child custody, and child support.
Augusta Military Divorce Attorney - Winehouse's divorce going on, says mum
Augusta Military Divorce Attorney - Winehouse's divorce going on, says mum
Amy Winehouse's mother Janis has confirmed that her daughter will part ways with her hubby Blake Fielder-Civil. Blake had filed for divorce in January, following reports that his singer-wife had been romancing former rugby player Joshua Bowman while holidaying in the Caribbean. Amy was said to have wanted to try and save her 20-month marriage, but decided to go ahead with the split after Blake was reported to be setting his eyes on her 15 million pound fortune.And now mum Janis has revealed that there are no changes in the couple’s original plans to split. "The divorce proceedings are still going ahead. Her dad Mitch deals with that side of things," the Daily Express quoted her as telling British magazine Heat."As for the money, I don't know what is happening with regards to Blake. All I know is that we have always looked after her finances. “We have a company where all of Amy's money goes. We're a family and we make sure we look after one another," she added.
Alexandra Gonzalez-Waddington is an Augusta GA divorce lawyer & Georgia Military Divorce Lawyer Augusta Georgia domestic mediator. She is an Augusta military divorce lawyer, GA child custody attorney , and Augusta Georgia child support attorney. She offers mediation for divorce, child custody, and child support.
Amy Winehouse's mother Janis has confirmed that her daughter will part ways with her hubby Blake Fielder-Civil. Blake had filed for divorce in January, following reports that his singer-wife had been romancing former rugby player Joshua Bowman while holidaying in the Caribbean. Amy was said to have wanted to try and save her 20-month marriage, but decided to go ahead with the split after Blake was reported to be setting his eyes on her 15 million pound fortune.And now mum Janis has revealed that there are no changes in the couple’s original plans to split. "The divorce proceedings are still going ahead. Her dad Mitch deals with that side of things," the Daily Express quoted her as telling British magazine Heat."As for the money, I don't know what is happening with regards to Blake. All I know is that we have always looked after her finances. “We have a company where all of Amy's money goes. We're a family and we make sure we look after one another," she added.
Alexandra Gonzalez-Waddington is an Augusta GA divorce lawyer & Georgia Military Divorce Lawyer Augusta Georgia domestic mediator. She is an Augusta military divorce lawyer, GA child custody attorney , and Augusta Georgia child support attorney. She offers mediation for divorce, child custody, and child support.
Augusta Military Divorce Attorney - Burke County Woman Accused Of Child Cruelty Files for Divorce
Augusta Military Divorce Attorney - Burke County Woman Accused Of Child Cruelty Files for Divorce
By Paige Tucker - WJBF News Channel 6
Burke County, GA—New allegations of abuse tell a chilling defense for a mother accused of not taking care of her children.
“We can easily define this as torture in a very basic sense,“ says Jack Long, attorney for Christine Long.
Long says his client was repeatedly abused at the hands of her husband, Jeremy Long. In her divorce complaint, Christine Long says she wasn’t allowed to own shoes and that her husband would stomp on her feet with boots before going to work to ensure she didn’t leave their home while he was gone. “Conditions in the home were prison-like. There weren’t enough beds. There was never enough food,“ says Mr. Long.
In July, the children, who investigators say were not allowed to go to school, were removed from their rural home where there was no water or electricity. “The situation was so desperate, my client and her children really didn’t have any options, other than to stay,“ says the attorney.
Christine Long alleges some of her eleven children were the product of rape and that she was not allowed to seek prenatal care.
Pastor Al Wright and other church members at First Baptist Church Waynesboro have helped Christine Long get back on her feet since her children were taken away. Wright didn’t speak to us specifically about his dealings with Mrs. Long, but talked about how women get trapped in abusive situations. “The woman is in such shock, ‘I can’t believe this is happening. I can’t believe this man is doing these kinds of things to me.‘ So she doesn’t know what to do. Then again, when children come along, she really gets trapped,“ says the pastor.
Long got out of what her attorney calls a torturous situation because of what Burke County investigators found last summer. Wright says other women aren’t as lucky and their stories end in tragedy. “I would say to any woman to get out of those situations as quickly as possible so she can save herself and her children. She owes that to herself and her family. You don’t have to stay in that situation of abuse. There is a better life for you,“ he says.
Jeremy Long is still in jail in Burke County, charged with child cruelty. At this time, he does not have counsel of record in the divorce action. A temporary hearing is set for March 31st.
Alexandra Gonzalez-Waddington is an Augusta GA divorce lawyer & Georgia Military Divorce Lawyer Augusta Georgia domestic mediator. She is an Augusta military divorce lawyer, GA child custody attorney , and Augusta Georgia child support attorney. She offers mediation for divorce, child custody, and child support.
By Paige Tucker - WJBF News Channel 6
Burke County, GA—New allegations of abuse tell a chilling defense for a mother accused of not taking care of her children.
“We can easily define this as torture in a very basic sense,“ says Jack Long, attorney for Christine Long.
Long says his client was repeatedly abused at the hands of her husband, Jeremy Long. In her divorce complaint, Christine Long says she wasn’t allowed to own shoes and that her husband would stomp on her feet with boots before going to work to ensure she didn’t leave their home while he was gone. “Conditions in the home were prison-like. There weren’t enough beds. There was never enough food,“ says Mr. Long.
In July, the children, who investigators say were not allowed to go to school, were removed from their rural home where there was no water or electricity. “The situation was so desperate, my client and her children really didn’t have any options, other than to stay,“ says the attorney.
Christine Long alleges some of her eleven children were the product of rape and that she was not allowed to seek prenatal care.
Pastor Al Wright and other church members at First Baptist Church Waynesboro have helped Christine Long get back on her feet since her children were taken away. Wright didn’t speak to us specifically about his dealings with Mrs. Long, but talked about how women get trapped in abusive situations. “The woman is in such shock, ‘I can’t believe this is happening. I can’t believe this man is doing these kinds of things to me.‘ So she doesn’t know what to do. Then again, when children come along, she really gets trapped,“ says the pastor.
Long got out of what her attorney calls a torturous situation because of what Burke County investigators found last summer. Wright says other women aren’t as lucky and their stories end in tragedy. “I would say to any woman to get out of those situations as quickly as possible so she can save herself and her children. She owes that to herself and her family. You don’t have to stay in that situation of abuse. There is a better life for you,“ he says.
Jeremy Long is still in jail in Burke County, charged with child cruelty. At this time, he does not have counsel of record in the divorce action. A temporary hearing is set for March 31st.
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Georgia Military Divorce Attorney - Bill makes it tougher for couples to divorce
Georgia Military Divorce Attorney - Bill makes it tougher for couples to divorce
Breaking up could be harder to do, if a bill by state Rep. Warren Chisum, R-Pampa, gets the Legislature's approval this session.
HB 480 requires couples with dependent children who seek a no-fault divorce to take a 10-hour crisis marriage education course -- first.
"Having children raised with a mother and father is the desire of my heart, to make that happen," said Chisum. "We can save emotional heartache by keeping them together."
Under the legislation, the state requires the course, but doesn't pay for it. Couples would have to foot the bill for the course, which could run up to $200 an hour.
"Let's just make a little effort, put a few hours in, saying, what can we do to restore this marriage," Chisum said.
Advocates against domestic abuse worry about an unintended consequence -- that the bill would make it harder for a spouse in an abusive relationship to leave the marriage, putting him/her at greater risk.
"It's chilling, and we know that it will negatively impact victims who are trying to keep their families safe," said Texas Advocacy Project's Andi Sloan. "That's just one of the many things wrong with this legislation."
A provision in the bill allows people in documented cases of domestic abuse to get out of the class requirement. But Sloan says many domestic abuse situations are never documented.
Either way, the problems brought up by opponents won't stop Chisum.
"Marriages are worth saving, families are worth saving," he said.
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Breaking up could be harder to do, if a bill by state Rep. Warren Chisum, R-Pampa, gets the Legislature's approval this session.
HB 480 requires couples with dependent children who seek a no-fault divorce to take a 10-hour crisis marriage education course -- first.
"Having children raised with a mother and father is the desire of my heart, to make that happen," said Chisum. "We can save emotional heartache by keeping them together."
Under the legislation, the state requires the course, but doesn't pay for it. Couples would have to foot the bill for the course, which could run up to $200 an hour.
"Let's just make a little effort, put a few hours in, saying, what can we do to restore this marriage," Chisum said.
Advocates against domestic abuse worry about an unintended consequence -- that the bill would make it harder for a spouse in an abusive relationship to leave the marriage, putting him/her at greater risk.
"It's chilling, and we know that it will negatively impact victims who are trying to keep their families safe," said Texas Advocacy Project's Andi Sloan. "That's just one of the many things wrong with this legislation."
A provision in the bill allows people in documented cases of domestic abuse to get out of the class requirement. But Sloan says many domestic abuse situations are never documented.
Either way, the problems brought up by opponents won't stop Chisum.
"Marriages are worth saving, families are worth saving," he said.
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Georgia Military Divorce Attorney - Police: TV exec beheads wife who filed for divorce
Georgia Military Divorce Attorney - Police: TV exec beheads wife who filed for divorce
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Police say an upstate New York television executive who sought to improve the image of Muslims in the media beheaded his wife after she filed for divorce.
Muzzammil Hassan (moo-ZAHM'-mel HAH'-sahn) is charged with murdering his wife, Aasiya (AH'-see-ya) Hassan. Police say she had an order of protection against her husband and he had been kicked out of the house they shared in Orchard Park, near Buffalo.
They accuse the 44-year-old Hassan of cutting off his wife's head at the TV station where he launched his Bridges TV network in 2004. In an AP interview, he said he hoped the network would balance negative portrayals of Muslims following the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks.
Hassan surrendered at the police station after his wife's death.
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Police say an upstate New York television executive who sought to improve the image of Muslims in the media beheaded his wife after she filed for divorce.
Muzzammil Hassan (moo-ZAHM'-mel HAH'-sahn) is charged with murdering his wife, Aasiya (AH'-see-ya) Hassan. Police say she had an order of protection against her husband and he had been kicked out of the house they shared in Orchard Park, near Buffalo.
They accuse the 44-year-old Hassan of cutting off his wife's head at the TV station where he launched his Bridges TV network in 2004. In an AP interview, he said he hoped the network would balance negative portrayals of Muslims following the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks.
Hassan surrendered at the police station after his wife's death.
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Augusta Georgia Military Divorce Attorney - Millionaire businessman Martin Hale not guilty of wife's murder
Augusta Georgia Military Divorce Attorney - Millionaire businessman Martin Hale not guilty of wife's murder
By Richard Edwards, Crime Correspondent
Mr Hale was accused of killing Maureen, 42, who disappeared from the family home in Thames Ditton in 1999, shortly after she had asked for a divorce. He was acquitted by a jury after just 90 minutes deliberation, following a three-week trial at Kingston Crown Court.
Despite extensive police searches, his wife's body was never discovered. Detectives reviewing the case gathered circumstantial evidence and the Crown Prosecution Service pressed charges against the 51-year-old husband last year.
Police discovered that shortly after his wife went missing went missing, he offered a friend who ran a pet cemetery £20,000 to hire an incinerator. Detectives also found a note in his briefcase about how he could apparently dispose of his wife's body. It read: "1. At Sea 2. By fire 3. By acid 4. Landsite."
Giving evidence, Hale admitted to having "dark thoughts" about killing his wife in the autumn of 1998 while temporarily separated and living away from the family home. He confessed that he wrote the note when he was "very depressed" but denied that he killed her.
The court heard that Mrs Hale conducted affairs with a local plumber and gardener Andrew Horton. The defence suggested that Mr Horton, who worked at a military cemetery, had killed Mrs Hale, which he denied in court.
As he sent them out to consider their verdict, Judge Charles Tilling told jurors: "There is no direct evidence that she (Mrs Hale) is dead, there is no direct evidence that Mr Hale killed her, but the Crown say that the circumstantial evidence taken altogether will lead you to conclude that she is dead and that Mr Hale killed her."
The five Hale children, who have supported him throughout the trial, told the court that he was a "loving and caring" father.
Nathan, 31, Samantha, 18, Tristram, 20, Oliver, 22 and Georgina Hale, 24, insisted that they were unable to remember much of the day their mother vanished, but claimed it had been an "average" day.
The court heard that Mrs Hale had become "bored'' with their marriage and told friends she wanted to leave her husband for a 28-year-old gardener with whom she was having an affair. She applied for a divorce, saying that her husband, whose fruit and vegetable wholesale business had a £2.6 million turnover, was a "workaholic" and a heavy drinker.
She said he hit her about the head after finding out that she had also dated their plumber, John Potter. He contested divorce proceedings and was fearful that he would lose everything.
He wrote in another note: "Now Maureen says she does not love me any more but she'd like to keep the £300,000 house, all the children and an income to keep her and the children in the style she has become accustomed to; i.e. nice car, money, no job and friends to visit and have coffee with".
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By Richard Edwards, Crime Correspondent
Mr Hale was accused of killing Maureen, 42, who disappeared from the family home in Thames Ditton in 1999, shortly after she had asked for a divorce. He was acquitted by a jury after just 90 minutes deliberation, following a three-week trial at Kingston Crown Court.
Despite extensive police searches, his wife's body was never discovered. Detectives reviewing the case gathered circumstantial evidence and the Crown Prosecution Service pressed charges against the 51-year-old husband last year.
Police discovered that shortly after his wife went missing went missing, he offered a friend who ran a pet cemetery £20,000 to hire an incinerator. Detectives also found a note in his briefcase about how he could apparently dispose of his wife's body. It read: "1. At Sea 2. By fire 3. By acid 4. Landsite."
Giving evidence, Hale admitted to having "dark thoughts" about killing his wife in the autumn of 1998 while temporarily separated and living away from the family home. He confessed that he wrote the note when he was "very depressed" but denied that he killed her.
The court heard that Mrs Hale conducted affairs with a local plumber and gardener Andrew Horton. The defence suggested that Mr Horton, who worked at a military cemetery, had killed Mrs Hale, which he denied in court.
As he sent them out to consider their verdict, Judge Charles Tilling told jurors: "There is no direct evidence that she (Mrs Hale) is dead, there is no direct evidence that Mr Hale killed her, but the Crown say that the circumstantial evidence taken altogether will lead you to conclude that she is dead and that Mr Hale killed her."
The five Hale children, who have supported him throughout the trial, told the court that he was a "loving and caring" father.
Nathan, 31, Samantha, 18, Tristram, 20, Oliver, 22 and Georgina Hale, 24, insisted that they were unable to remember much of the day their mother vanished, but claimed it had been an "average" day.
The court heard that Mrs Hale had become "bored'' with their marriage and told friends she wanted to leave her husband for a 28-year-old gardener with whom she was having an affair. She applied for a divorce, saying that her husband, whose fruit and vegetable wholesale business had a £2.6 million turnover, was a "workaholic" and a heavy drinker.
She said he hit her about the head after finding out that she had also dated their plumber, John Potter. He contested divorce proceedings and was fearful that he would lose everything.
He wrote in another note: "Now Maureen says she does not love me any more but she'd like to keep the £300,000 house, all the children and an income to keep her and the children in the style she has become accustomed to; i.e. nice car, money, no job and friends to visit and have coffee with".
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Georgia Military Divorce Attorney - Warring on Warriors
Georgia Military Divorce Attorney - Warring on Warriors
Col. Daniel Smith - Foreign Policy In Focus
Last week Secretary of Defense Robert Gates briefed President Barack Obama on Afghanistan and the Pentagon's proposal to send 15,000 more troops there by late spring. Obama is expected to accept the plan as a "down payment" on his pledge during the campaign to put more troops into the fight against al-Qaeda and the Taliban insurgents. These troops are only about half the number requested by the field commanders, and Gates will return with a new request soon.
This decision — and the original campaign pledge — gave many pause about supporting Obama. It doesn't serve the interests of either the United States or Afghanistan. After all, no U.S. "vital national interest" is involved. President George W. Bush chose to use military force as a form of retribution for September 11, 2001. And as long as foreign military forces are in Afghanistan, the Afghan people and government can’t exercise full sovereignty in accord with their traditions.
Nor is this decision a positive development for the U.S. soldiers and Marines expected to pick up the pace of operations in Afghanistan. With the "insurgents" adopting tactics from their Iraqi counterparts, the terrible toll of Iraq will be repeated, indeed compounded, in Afghanistan.
The units to be sent as "down payment" will be two Army Brigade Combat Teams and one of Marines. Originally slated for Iraq, they're going to Afghanistan because security in Iraq has "improved" to the point that fewer U.S. troops are needed there. One unit that had undergone training for deployment to Iraq is already in the process of establishing its base camp in southern Afghanistan.
The Wrong War
Afghanistan isn't the "good war." It's wrong not only for Afghanistan but for U.S. soldiers. Before he agreed to Gates' request, Obama should have paid close attention to three recent developments.
The first was the Army's announcement that once again in 2008, a record number of service members — 128 — committed suicide. No Pentagon official was prepared to go on record to discuss the causes of this annual record-setting death toll. Even off-record murmurings were generally confined to the usual financial, personal, legal, and work-related factors. But if one examines the records, what jumps out is the correlation between multiple combat tours (until recently 15 months' duration), the number of cases of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and suicides. Over the last four years, 30% of suicides occurred during deployment and 35% after completing a deployment. As for PTSD among soldiers with multiple tours, the rates of occurrence continue to be substantially higher than among soldiers on their first deployment.
There has also been an increase in instances of domestic violence and an accelerating divorce rate for returning troops. For some months, the Pentagon has known that one-third of women serving in the military claimed they were victims of sexual harassment. Last week, CBS News, in a two-part report, said that nationwide police statistics reveal that in 50% of domestic violence cases, at least one person involved was in the military. Over the last 10 years, almost 90 women have been killed.
High-Altitude Assignment
The third development involves the particular geography of Afghanistan. The United States plans to base its reinforcements in an extremely rugged and high-altitude part of Afghanistan. Despite these conditions, the weight of equipment and protective personal armor the individual soldier is expected to carry has gone from a maximum of 65-80 pounds — even as an infantry platoon leader I never came close to carrying such a load on a "forced march" during training — to 130-150 pounds for a typical three-day mission. That's as much as three times the recommended weight load of 50 pounds per Marine in a 2007 Department of the Navy study. The combination of high altitudes with thinner oxygen, rugged terrain that limits vehicle usage, and the weight of equipment deemed essential is causing a new kind of stress that is putting more troops out of commission. The Army lists 257,000 acute orthopedic injuries (muscular or skeletal stress or fractures) for 2007, up by 10,000 from 2006.
The increased number of troops Obama plans to send to Afghanistan — together with the growing number of temporary and, more seriously, "permanent non-deployables" from physical and psychological stress — could leave the Army once again resorting to enlist anyone who can walk and carry a weapon. That will include many who suffer from PTSD but who, being part of the "warrior culture," are reluctant to seek help.Obama was elected in part because the American public was tired of more and more veterans returning home mentally and physically damaged by experiences they didn't need to endure. Obama may find that, if he continues down this path, "the war Bush forgot" will all too soon turn into "Obama's war." And he'll have to shoulder the responsibility for all the damage done to Afghan civilians and U.S. soldiers alike.
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Col. Daniel Smith - Foreign Policy In Focus
Last week Secretary of Defense Robert Gates briefed President Barack Obama on Afghanistan and the Pentagon's proposal to send 15,000 more troops there by late spring. Obama is expected to accept the plan as a "down payment" on his pledge during the campaign to put more troops into the fight against al-Qaeda and the Taliban insurgents. These troops are only about half the number requested by the field commanders, and Gates will return with a new request soon.
This decision — and the original campaign pledge — gave many pause about supporting Obama. It doesn't serve the interests of either the United States or Afghanistan. After all, no U.S. "vital national interest" is involved. President George W. Bush chose to use military force as a form of retribution for September 11, 2001. And as long as foreign military forces are in Afghanistan, the Afghan people and government can’t exercise full sovereignty in accord with their traditions.
Nor is this decision a positive development for the U.S. soldiers and Marines expected to pick up the pace of operations in Afghanistan. With the "insurgents" adopting tactics from their Iraqi counterparts, the terrible toll of Iraq will be repeated, indeed compounded, in Afghanistan.
The units to be sent as "down payment" will be two Army Brigade Combat Teams and one of Marines. Originally slated for Iraq, they're going to Afghanistan because security in Iraq has "improved" to the point that fewer U.S. troops are needed there. One unit that had undergone training for deployment to Iraq is already in the process of establishing its base camp in southern Afghanistan.
The Wrong War
Afghanistan isn't the "good war." It's wrong not only for Afghanistan but for U.S. soldiers. Before he agreed to Gates' request, Obama should have paid close attention to three recent developments.
The first was the Army's announcement that once again in 2008, a record number of service members — 128 — committed suicide. No Pentagon official was prepared to go on record to discuss the causes of this annual record-setting death toll. Even off-record murmurings were generally confined to the usual financial, personal, legal, and work-related factors. But if one examines the records, what jumps out is the correlation between multiple combat tours (until recently 15 months' duration), the number of cases of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and suicides. Over the last four years, 30% of suicides occurred during deployment and 35% after completing a deployment. As for PTSD among soldiers with multiple tours, the rates of occurrence continue to be substantially higher than among soldiers on their first deployment.
There has also been an increase in instances of domestic violence and an accelerating divorce rate for returning troops. For some months, the Pentagon has known that one-third of women serving in the military claimed they were victims of sexual harassment. Last week, CBS News, in a two-part report, said that nationwide police statistics reveal that in 50% of domestic violence cases, at least one person involved was in the military. Over the last 10 years, almost 90 women have been killed.
High-Altitude Assignment
The third development involves the particular geography of Afghanistan. The United States plans to base its reinforcements in an extremely rugged and high-altitude part of Afghanistan. Despite these conditions, the weight of equipment and protective personal armor the individual soldier is expected to carry has gone from a maximum of 65-80 pounds — even as an infantry platoon leader I never came close to carrying such a load on a "forced march" during training — to 130-150 pounds for a typical three-day mission. That's as much as three times the recommended weight load of 50 pounds per Marine in a 2007 Department of the Navy study. The combination of high altitudes with thinner oxygen, rugged terrain that limits vehicle usage, and the weight of equipment deemed essential is causing a new kind of stress that is putting more troops out of commission. The Army lists 257,000 acute orthopedic injuries (muscular or skeletal stress or fractures) for 2007, up by 10,000 from 2006.
The increased number of troops Obama plans to send to Afghanistan — together with the growing number of temporary and, more seriously, "permanent non-deployables" from physical and psychological stress — could leave the Army once again resorting to enlist anyone who can walk and carry a weapon. That will include many who suffer from PTSD but who, being part of the "warrior culture," are reluctant to seek help.Obama was elected in part because the American public was tired of more and more veterans returning home mentally and physically damaged by experiences they didn't need to endure. Obama may find that, if he continues down this path, "the war Bush forgot" will all too soon turn into "Obama's war." And he'll have to shoulder the responsibility for all the damage done to Afghan civilians and U.S. soldiers alike.
Alexandra Gonzalez-Waddington is an Augusta GA divorce lawyer & Georgia Military Divorce Lawyer Augusta Georgia domestic mediator. She is an Augusta military divorce lawyer, GA child custody attorney , and Augusta Georgia child support attorney. She offers mediation for divorce, child custody, and child support.
Augusta Military Divorce Attorney - Valentine's Day Event Aims to Help Military Couples
Augusta Military Divorce Attorney - Valentine's Day Event Aims to Help Military Couples
Written by Ryan Farmer
Divorce rates for military men and women who are deployed are on the rise.KMSU’s Ryan Farmer has more.
A report that came out last year from the U.S. Army Medical Department shows that in the first few months of deployment, up to 6% of Non Commissioned Officers say they plan on getting a divorce. That figure goes up to twenty percent for those deployed 14 months or longer.
Because military couples often face unique challenges like deployment, Ozarks Marriage Matters and Operation Us are teaming up this weekend to give couples a chance to reconnect for Valentine’s Day.“Couples in Arms” is a program that will provide a day of workshops for any interested military couple, those dealing with deployment AND those who are not.Derek Gwinn, the Project Manager for Operation Us, says the response to this event from military couples has been positive.
“The people who have signed up for the event have been pretty excited about the opportunity. That this is all in one day and includes the evening activity really has some appeal and has been appreciated that they can do on Valentine’s Day that’s special and is something they wouldn’t have been able to do otherwise,” says Gwinn.
Gwinn says there’s a reason for reaching out specifically to military couples—they’re often in high stress, dangerous situations. He says sometimes it can be difficult to communicate with your spouse after spending the day communicating with commanding officers.
“The workshop will be talking about good communication skills and about an active listening approach to communication, which is not something you necessarily do in the Army. You don't necessarily get to turn around and say to your commanding officer or your drill sergeant, 'so what I hear you asking me to do is this?' You don't get the freedom to do that, you just do it. And if that's the kind of communication style you are used to during the day, that can certainly be something that grates against someone else whose not apart of that environment during the day,” says Gwinn.
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Written by Ryan Farmer
Divorce rates for military men and women who are deployed are on the rise.KMSU’s Ryan Farmer has more.
A report that came out last year from the U.S. Army Medical Department shows that in the first few months of deployment, up to 6% of Non Commissioned Officers say they plan on getting a divorce. That figure goes up to twenty percent for those deployed 14 months or longer.
Because military couples often face unique challenges like deployment, Ozarks Marriage Matters and Operation Us are teaming up this weekend to give couples a chance to reconnect for Valentine’s Day.“Couples in Arms” is a program that will provide a day of workshops for any interested military couple, those dealing with deployment AND those who are not.Derek Gwinn, the Project Manager for Operation Us, says the response to this event from military couples has been positive.
“The people who have signed up for the event have been pretty excited about the opportunity. That this is all in one day and includes the evening activity really has some appeal and has been appreciated that they can do on Valentine’s Day that’s special and is something they wouldn’t have been able to do otherwise,” says Gwinn.
Gwinn says there’s a reason for reaching out specifically to military couples—they’re often in high stress, dangerous situations. He says sometimes it can be difficult to communicate with your spouse after spending the day communicating with commanding officers.
“The workshop will be talking about good communication skills and about an active listening approach to communication, which is not something you necessarily do in the Army. You don't necessarily get to turn around and say to your commanding officer or your drill sergeant, 'so what I hear you asking me to do is this?' You don't get the freedom to do that, you just do it. And if that's the kind of communication style you are used to during the day, that can certainly be something that grates against someone else whose not apart of that environment during the day,” says Gwinn.
Alexandra Gonzalez-Waddington is an Augusta GA divorce lawyer & Georgia Military Divorce Lawyer Augusta Georgia domestic mediator. She is an Augusta military divorce lawyer, GA child custody attorney , and Augusta Georgia child support attorney. She offers mediation for divorce, child custody, and child support.
Augusta Military Divorce Attorney - Marriage, divorce rates down
Augusta Military Divorce Attorney - Marriage, divorce rates down
By Rachel Brown- Dalton Daily Citizen
February 15, 2009 12:00 am— Valentine’s Day is supposed to be a day for sweethearts.In Tunnel Hill residents Angie Free’s and Jerry Jenkins’ case, it was also a day to get married.
Jenkins said he and Free both have children from previous marriages, and they’re approaching their new life together with a strong commitment.“We decided to take the classes (with Dalton marriage ministry Family Frameworks) because we were bringing two families together,” Jenkins said. “A lot of it, what we talked about, was letting the other person express what they have to say first and not interrupting them.”
Family Frameworks executive director Kathy Schleier said National Marriage Week continues through today. The week is designed to bring more awareness to the importance of marriage, she said.Schleier said the percentage of divorces in Whitfield County dropped 33 percent from 2000 to 2008.“Unfortunately our marriage rate has decreased by 42 percent since 2003, too,” she said. “We need to see stronger healthier marriages, not living together, because when couples live together there is a greater chance that they will not stay together.”
Murray County saw its number of divorces drop from 406 in 2000 to 275 in 2008, Schleier said. However, there was also a 62 percent decrease in the number of marriages in Murray County. From 2007 to 2008, the number of divorces in Whitfield increased by 12 to 462 but declined slightly in Murray County from 289 to 275. Marriages for the same period declined from 415 to 365 in Whitfield and from 315 to 142 in Murray.
The Centers for Disease Control tracks the number of divorces and marriages in each state. In 2003, the most recent data available on Georgia, there were 27,693 divorces to 60,252 marriages. The state population then was 8.6 million.Experts are still trying to understand why the divorce rate changes. Schleier said many researchers believe there is a decrease in the number of divorces in recent months because couples can’t afford to legally separate in the declining economy.
The notion is “speculation at this point,” Schleier said, but there are likely still several couples who are putting off divorce for financial reasons.Jenkins said that in the 20 years he’s lived in Whitfield County, he’s seen many young factory workers make relatively good money. Once they were financially stable, they decided they’d be happier leaving their spouse, he said.For others, marriage sometimes just grows incredibly difficult.
Dalton resident Kellie McKerrocher said working on improving communication helped save her five-year marriage to husband, Joey, recently.“We were struggling with a lot of different issues,” said the 26-year-old.McKerrocher would come home at the end of the day only to find her husband hadn’t cleaned the kitchen as she’d asked him to do. “I would pretty much come in and flip out,” she said. “Then of course he would start screaming ... It would just turn into this huge argument that wasn’t even necessary.”They fought over money, how to raise their preschool-aged daughter, who should clean the kitchen and a myriad of other issues that McKerrocher said have since been brought down to size.
It all revolves around giving the other spouse an opportunity to speak, listening, committing to working through problems, and not jumping to conclusions — lessons they learned through a Family Frameworks class.“We still have arguments,” she said. “It doesn’t fix everything, but it gives you a good foundation.”Schleier said the McKerrochers are one example of how couples can still save their marriages through some effort.“They were really struggling,” Schleier said.
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By Rachel Brown- Dalton Daily Citizen
February 15, 2009 12:00 am— Valentine’s Day is supposed to be a day for sweethearts.In Tunnel Hill residents Angie Free’s and Jerry Jenkins’ case, it was also a day to get married.
Jenkins said he and Free both have children from previous marriages, and they’re approaching their new life together with a strong commitment.“We decided to take the classes (with Dalton marriage ministry Family Frameworks) because we were bringing two families together,” Jenkins said. “A lot of it, what we talked about, was letting the other person express what they have to say first and not interrupting them.”
Family Frameworks executive director Kathy Schleier said National Marriage Week continues through today. The week is designed to bring more awareness to the importance of marriage, she said.Schleier said the percentage of divorces in Whitfield County dropped 33 percent from 2000 to 2008.“Unfortunately our marriage rate has decreased by 42 percent since 2003, too,” she said. “We need to see stronger healthier marriages, not living together, because when couples live together there is a greater chance that they will not stay together.”
Murray County saw its number of divorces drop from 406 in 2000 to 275 in 2008, Schleier said. However, there was also a 62 percent decrease in the number of marriages in Murray County. From 2007 to 2008, the number of divorces in Whitfield increased by 12 to 462 but declined slightly in Murray County from 289 to 275. Marriages for the same period declined from 415 to 365 in Whitfield and from 315 to 142 in Murray.
The Centers for Disease Control tracks the number of divorces and marriages in each state. In 2003, the most recent data available on Georgia, there were 27,693 divorces to 60,252 marriages. The state population then was 8.6 million.Experts are still trying to understand why the divorce rate changes. Schleier said many researchers believe there is a decrease in the number of divorces in recent months because couples can’t afford to legally separate in the declining economy.
The notion is “speculation at this point,” Schleier said, but there are likely still several couples who are putting off divorce for financial reasons.Jenkins said that in the 20 years he’s lived in Whitfield County, he’s seen many young factory workers make relatively good money. Once they were financially stable, they decided they’d be happier leaving their spouse, he said.For others, marriage sometimes just grows incredibly difficult.
Dalton resident Kellie McKerrocher said working on improving communication helped save her five-year marriage to husband, Joey, recently.“We were struggling with a lot of different issues,” said the 26-year-old.McKerrocher would come home at the end of the day only to find her husband hadn’t cleaned the kitchen as she’d asked him to do. “I would pretty much come in and flip out,” she said. “Then of course he would start screaming ... It would just turn into this huge argument that wasn’t even necessary.”They fought over money, how to raise their preschool-aged daughter, who should clean the kitchen and a myriad of other issues that McKerrocher said have since been brought down to size.
It all revolves around giving the other spouse an opportunity to speak, listening, committing to working through problems, and not jumping to conclusions — lessons they learned through a Family Frameworks class.“We still have arguments,” she said. “It doesn’t fix everything, but it gives you a good foundation.”Schleier said the McKerrochers are one example of how couples can still save their marriages through some effort.“They were really struggling,” Schleier said.
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