Augusta GA Divorce Lawyer - Coleman & Wife's Divorce Court Fiasco
By Lupe
New details have emerged about the troubled marriage of Gary Coleman and wife Shannon Price, who was arrested Wednesday evening for domestic violence and disorderly conduct.
The couple appeared on Divorce Court in May 2008, where Judge Lynn Toler heard accounts of severe infighting.
Coleman complained he shouldered too much blame in their household, and that Price would not stop pressuring the actor to have a child. Prince, in turn, claimed Coleman would fight like "a five-year-old."
His tantrums would allegedly including stomping on the floor, throwing things and banging his own head into the wall. Toler ordered the two to undergo counseling.
Price was book on disorderly conduct in Santaquin, Utah, on Wednesday evening.
The counts are misdemeanors, and she was released on a $1,205 bond. She allegedly broke household items belonging to the actor. Coleman apparently was not injured.
The Diff’rent Strokes actor is currently working as the Security Controller for Simmons Media Group in Salt Lake City.
He and his wife met on the set of the 2006 comedy Church Ball and wed in August 2007.
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 GA Divorce Lawyer - Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce: I Can't Find My Way Home
Augusta GA Divorce Lawyer - Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce: I Can't Find My Way Home
by Vicki Iovine
I spent the night in my new home last night. Going to sleep there was fine. Waking up there, not so much. After six months of going through the business and heartbreak of getting divorced and setting my children and me up with a new place to live, it's official:
My printed stationery is obsolete. I have a new credit card that I haven't memorized, I double-check myself when giving my phone number and I don't know where anything is in all the cartons and piles relegated to the corners of the rooms in wait for some furniture in which to place everything. I need more honey pots, so to speak, since as Pooh said, "they're useful things to put things in."
Oh, God, what have I done? I know how I got here, but I'll be darned if I know what to do now that I'm here. I have my work, of course, but I don't even know where to do that.
My office is still being painted and I have no desk or chair. So I'm sitting at the foot of my loaner bed with my laptop, well, in my lap -- another useful thing to put things in, especially a tired and sad daughter's head when she doesn't know where home is. I used to tell my kids that home is wherever the family is, but even the family is scattered all over the place. I don't feel like crying, myself -- more like I'm suppressing a howl like the one you make as the rollercoaster crests a peak and there is a steep corkscrew directly ahead.
I've spent most of the past 24 years living in two homes, each of which we lived in for a decade. My soon-to-be ex is still living in the second house, with its patina of clutter, bulletin boards of precious clippings, and blankets that smell familiar like a blend of oatmeal and soap. My place smells like paint, plastic bags and cleansers. The televisions don't work, I haven't got music yet except on my iHome and the internet is iffy. I've christened my bathroom the Casper Suite since I have white sheets hanging over the windows. Okay, now I feel like crying.
This is what I have wanted for a long time, but I didn't realize how bumpy this landing would be. We're still rolling erratically down the runway and I'm still praying that the pilot puts on the brakes so we don't go skidding into hysteria. Last night I grabbed a book after dinner and literally sat in five different places to find my "reading space." So far, outside in the yard feels the most comforting, albeit breezy and dimly lit. At least it smells neutral and doesn't remind me of all the work I have to do still to build my nest. Although seeing all that wild bamboo growing up the side of the house did upset my chi a bit since this is a Spanish house and tropical just doesn't work. I'll put that on my list.
The goal of getting lighter by passing on the stuff I've collected over the last ten years has had its own unforeseen crises. My best friend's daughter just got her own apartment nearby and I gave her some things I'd had in storage and a few lamps and accessories. Now she is living in the sweetest, homiest little place with my stuff in it and I'm aching with envy. Perhaps it's seeing my stuff in her life that gets me around the lungs or perhaps it's how simple her move was. She's 24, the age of my marriage, and unmarried and childless. Her biggest challenge was getting a bed and a bureau before she started her new job on Monday.
My jobs -- and I have many -- all take place in my home. I mother here, I write here, I design my website here, and I confer with my lawyers and other business associates here. I plan to have my friends come here, and many have in spite of my secret perfectionist desire to not wanting to show the place until it's more presentable. What I don't do here yet is settle down. Why I even expect to feel settled when I still don't really know who I am going to be as a single woman is fearful and impatient of me, I know. But I just want to know that we'll all be okay and happy. For that, I'll just have to have faith.
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 Vicki Iovine
I spent the night in my new home last night. Going to sleep there was fine. Waking up there, not so much. After six months of going through the business and heartbreak of getting divorced and setting my children and me up with a new place to live, it's official:
My printed stationery is obsolete. I have a new credit card that I haven't memorized, I double-check myself when giving my phone number and I don't know where anything is in all the cartons and piles relegated to the corners of the rooms in wait for some furniture in which to place everything. I need more honey pots, so to speak, since as Pooh said, "they're useful things to put things in."
Oh, God, what have I done? I know how I got here, but I'll be darned if I know what to do now that I'm here. I have my work, of course, but I don't even know where to do that.
My office is still being painted and I have no desk or chair. So I'm sitting at the foot of my loaner bed with my laptop, well, in my lap -- another useful thing to put things in, especially a tired and sad daughter's head when she doesn't know where home is. I used to tell my kids that home is wherever the family is, but even the family is scattered all over the place. I don't feel like crying, myself -- more like I'm suppressing a howl like the one you make as the rollercoaster crests a peak and there is a steep corkscrew directly ahead.
I've spent most of the past 24 years living in two homes, each of which we lived in for a decade. My soon-to-be ex is still living in the second house, with its patina of clutter, bulletin boards of precious clippings, and blankets that smell familiar like a blend of oatmeal and soap. My place smells like paint, plastic bags and cleansers. The televisions don't work, I haven't got music yet except on my iHome and the internet is iffy. I've christened my bathroom the Casper Suite since I have white sheets hanging over the windows. Okay, now I feel like crying.
This is what I have wanted for a long time, but I didn't realize how bumpy this landing would be. We're still rolling erratically down the runway and I'm still praying that the pilot puts on the brakes so we don't go skidding into hysteria. Last night I grabbed a book after dinner and literally sat in five different places to find my "reading space." So far, outside in the yard feels the most comforting, albeit breezy and dimly lit. At least it smells neutral and doesn't remind me of all the work I have to do still to build my nest. Although seeing all that wild bamboo growing up the side of the house did upset my chi a bit since this is a Spanish house and tropical just doesn't work. I'll put that on my list.
The goal of getting lighter by passing on the stuff I've collected over the last ten years has had its own unforeseen crises. My best friend's daughter just got her own apartment nearby and I gave her some things I'd had in storage and a few lamps and accessories. Now she is living in the sweetest, homiest little place with my stuff in it and I'm aching with envy. Perhaps it's seeing my stuff in her life that gets me around the lungs or perhaps it's how simple her move was. She's 24, the age of my marriage, and unmarried and childless. Her biggest challenge was getting a bed and a bureau before she started her new job on Monday.
My jobs -- and I have many -- all take place in my home. I mother here, I write here, I design my website here, and I confer with my lawyers and other business associates here. I plan to have my friends come here, and many have in spite of my secret perfectionist desire to not wanting to show the place until it's more presentable. What I don't do here yet is settle down. Why I even expect to feel settled when I still don't really know who I am going to be as a single woman is fearful and impatient of me, I know. But I just want to know that we'll all be okay and happy. For that, I'll just have to have faith.
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 GA Divorce Attorney - Divorce recovery and the symptoms of inner peace
Augusta GA Divorce Attorney - Divorce recovery and the symptoms of inner peace
by Corinne Frontiero
The initial article entitled Do you have an emotional divorce? located on "Corinne's Home Page", sets out the time perimeters to apply to divorce recovery and provides a self-inventory one may take to determine if they have actually attained an emotional divorce. Essentially, however, it should take no longer than 2 1/2 years to adjust to your divorce. This 2 1/2 year time frame, however, would exclude those that remain "stuck" in the Denial Stage as referred to in the article Divorce and the death of your relationship. The intent of this article is to provide you some general guidelines by which to gauge whether or not you have actually "recovered" from your divorce.
An article by Ruth Purple entitled Dating After Divorce Can Keep You Back on Track reassures us that even though the prospect of dating again is frightening, it "can be fun and can keep you . . . on track." The article informs us, also, that for most, thinking about dating again can be very "nerve wracking" but affirms for us that often people heading back out onto the dating scene struggle with the same types of questions and/or concerns:
A lot of things and questions can cross your mind. Is this the right time? Am I really ready? Are my children going to be alright if I date? Should I tell my date I have kids? Can I still find a decent man/woman as a divorcee? Questions like this are normal, to doubt yourself, to be scared and to be overly anxious to go back in the [sic] dating are typical reactions."
Hopefully, knowing most people struggle with the same types of anxiety about dating again will help you find the courage to forge forward and take the plunge.
Ruth Purple, reaffirms what has already been set out in Divorce and the death of your relationship in that she states: " Your bitterness and anger toward the opposite sex might flare up making you prejudice[d] and judgmental." [Emphasis Added]. Once you have worked through this, however, and come to the reality that the basis of divorce is not a "gender related" issue, but rather, the breakdown of the communication between two individuals.
So, what are the tell tale signs that will give you a "head's up" that you are ready? Generally, once you start to experience the symptoms of "inner peace", you are ready, willing and considered "open" to being involved in another love relationship. The "symptoms of inner peace are defined as:
A tendency to think and act spontaneously rather than on fears based on past experience.
An unmistakable ability to enjoy each moment.
A loss of interest in interpreting the actions of others.
A loss of interest in judging other people.
A loss of interest in conflict.
A loss of the ability to worry.
Frequent overwhelming episodes of appreciation.
An increasing tendency to let things happen rather than make them happen.
An increased susceptibility to the love extended by others as well as the uncontrollable urge to give in.
So are the symptoms of inner peace. This is what you will need to strive towards in order to make it through the dissolve of your relationship so that you may able to "move forward".
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 Corinne Frontiero
The initial article entitled Do you have an emotional divorce? located on "Corinne's Home Page", sets out the time perimeters to apply to divorce recovery and provides a self-inventory one may take to determine if they have actually attained an emotional divorce. Essentially, however, it should take no longer than 2 1/2 years to adjust to your divorce. This 2 1/2 year time frame, however, would exclude those that remain "stuck" in the Denial Stage as referred to in the article Divorce and the death of your relationship. The intent of this article is to provide you some general guidelines by which to gauge whether or not you have actually "recovered" from your divorce.
An article by Ruth Purple entitled Dating After Divorce Can Keep You Back on Track reassures us that even though the prospect of dating again is frightening, it "can be fun and can keep you . . . on track." The article informs us, also, that for most, thinking about dating again can be very "nerve wracking" but affirms for us that often people heading back out onto the dating scene struggle with the same types of questions and/or concerns:
A lot of things and questions can cross your mind. Is this the right time? Am I really ready? Are my children going to be alright if I date? Should I tell my date I have kids? Can I still find a decent man/woman as a divorcee? Questions like this are normal, to doubt yourself, to be scared and to be overly anxious to go back in the [sic] dating are typical reactions."
Hopefully, knowing most people struggle with the same types of anxiety about dating again will help you find the courage to forge forward and take the plunge.
Ruth Purple, reaffirms what has already been set out in Divorce and the death of your relationship in that she states: " Your bitterness and anger toward the opposite sex might flare up making you prejudice[d] and judgmental." [Emphasis Added]. Once you have worked through this, however, and come to the reality that the basis of divorce is not a "gender related" issue, but rather, the breakdown of the communication between two individuals.
So, what are the tell tale signs that will give you a "head's up" that you are ready? Generally, once you start to experience the symptoms of "inner peace", you are ready, willing and considered "open" to being involved in another love relationship. The "symptoms of inner peace are defined as:
A tendency to think and act spontaneously rather than on fears based on past experience.
An unmistakable ability to enjoy each moment.
A loss of interest in interpreting the actions of others.
A loss of interest in judging other people.
A loss of interest in conflict.
A loss of the ability to worry.
Frequent overwhelming episodes of appreciation.
An increasing tendency to let things happen rather than make them happen.
An increased susceptibility to the love extended by others as well as the uncontrollable urge to give in.
So are the symptoms of inner peace. This is what you will need to strive towards in order to make it through the dissolve of your relationship so that you may able to "move forward".
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 GA Divorce Attorney - Discuss finances when remarrying after divorce
Augusta GA Divorce Attorney - Discuss finances when remarrying after divorce
While money can be a source of tension in any relationship, couples who are remarrying after divorce may have an entirely different set of concerns to address, especially if children are involved.
Financial philosophies
While many newlyweds are just beginning their adult lives together, those who remarry already have experience in sharing a household with another person and making financial decisions together.
Their approaches to money may be completely different. It's a good idea to understand these differences now and to develop a financial approach that will suit your new family.
Choose how you will make decisions and monitor your finances, as well as what kinds of accounts you will share or keep separate. Also discuss the terms of any divorce decrees if they include payments to a former spouse or children that will affect your finances.
Also decide if you will be adding each other's names as beneficiaries on insurance policies, 401(k) plans, individual retirement accounts, investment and savings accounts, or any other assets and how your blended family may be affected.
Consider a prenup
Prenuptial agreements can help any couple establish guidelines about assets in case of divorce. Many people believe they are unromantic, but they can be very useful, particularly if one or both spouses have children from a previous marriage or if one spouse will be quitting a job to stay home with the couple's extended family.
The agreement can spell out what assets each spouse is bringing to the marriage and how money will be distributed if the marriage ends.
Don't try to work out the details yourselves. Instead, share your wishes with your attorney and let them negotiate with your spouse's lawyer. When everyone in your blended family knows where they stand financially, it can mitigate unnecessary future tension.
Think long-term
A will is an important document that can ensure your wishes are followed. Wills are particularly valuable in remarriage because, like a prenuptial agreement, they provide a legal basis for how money will be distributed.
Your new marriage may also prompt you to increase your life insurance to cover new family members.
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.
While money can be a source of tension in any relationship, couples who are remarrying after divorce may have an entirely different set of concerns to address, especially if children are involved.
Financial philosophies
While many newlyweds are just beginning their adult lives together, those who remarry already have experience in sharing a household with another person and making financial decisions together.
Their approaches to money may be completely different. It's a good idea to understand these differences now and to develop a financial approach that will suit your new family.
Choose how you will make decisions and monitor your finances, as well as what kinds of accounts you will share or keep separate. Also discuss the terms of any divorce decrees if they include payments to a former spouse or children that will affect your finances.
Also decide if you will be adding each other's names as beneficiaries on insurance policies, 401(k) plans, individual retirement accounts, investment and savings accounts, or any other assets and how your blended family may be affected.
Consider a prenup
Prenuptial agreements can help any couple establish guidelines about assets in case of divorce. Many people believe they are unromantic, but they can be very useful, particularly if one or both spouses have children from a previous marriage or if one spouse will be quitting a job to stay home with the couple's extended family.
The agreement can spell out what assets each spouse is bringing to the marriage and how money will be distributed if the marriage ends.
Don't try to work out the details yourselves. Instead, share your wishes with your attorney and let them negotiate with your spouse's lawyer. When everyone in your blended family knows where they stand financially, it can mitigate unnecessary future tension.
Think long-term
A will is an important document that can ensure your wishes are followed. Wills are particularly valuable in remarriage because, like a prenuptial agreement, they provide a legal basis for how money will be distributed.
Your new marriage may also prompt you to increase your life insurance to cover new family members.
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 GA Divorce Attorney - R&B star’s wife startled by divorce
Augusta GA Divorce Attorney - R&B star’s wife startled by divorce
Associated Press
The wife of R&B singer Usher was surprised when the entertainer filed for divorce last month and claims the two were intimate less than a week before he moved to end the marriage, court documents said.
Tameka Raymond, 38, disputes Usher’s claims the couple have been separated since July 2008. She said in court documents in Fulton County (Ga.) Superior Court that she "had every reason to believe her marriage was intact."
Usher filed for divorce June 12, claiming there is "no reasonable hope of reconciliation" and the marriage is "irretrievably broken." He is seeking joint custody of the couple’s two sons.
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.
Associated Press
The wife of R&B singer Usher was surprised when the entertainer filed for divorce last month and claims the two were intimate less than a week before he moved to end the marriage, court documents said.
Tameka Raymond, 38, disputes Usher’s claims the couple have been separated since July 2008. She said in court documents in Fulton County (Ga.) Superior Court that she "had every reason to believe her marriage was intact."
Usher filed for divorce June 12, claiming there is "no reasonable hope of reconciliation" and the marriage is "irretrievably broken." He is seeking joint custody of the couple’s two sons.
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 GA Military Divorce Lawyer - Divorce Dealing without a dad
Augusta GA Military Divorce Lawyer - Dealing without a dad
by Lisa Lacey - Knoxville Parenting Teens Examiner
With the passing of Father's Day recently and the over-exposure to dad's day advertisements, we can't help but think of our own dad this time of year.
For kids that don't have a dad to celebrate this day, it can be an unpleasant reminder of the absence. One child in twenty will lose a parent to death before their high school graduation. Others will face this day alone due to military deployment, divorce or abandonment. Our little ones will openly and honestly talk about this loss or absence while our older kids will tend to bottle up their feelings.
How can we help our teens through this day and maybe even get a smile at the end of the day?
Talk to your teen. This sounds like a no brainer but a lot of parents may think if their child isn't talking about their dad, then he isn't on their mind. Just because your teen isn't initiating conversation doesn't mean he isn't thinking about his dad. Holidays, birthdays and yes, Father's Day are just a few dates that will trigger a memory or thought. Pick the right time during these occassions to remember and talk about dad, even if the circumstances are divorce and your own personal opinion clashes with what you need to say. Your teenager may be big, tall and able to eat enough food for three grown men but this doesn't mean he's grown and he doesn't need to hear the realities of what type of person his dad is, what he did wrong or any other adult opinions.
Get out the album. No matter what the age, kids love looking back on old photo albums. If you're a family experiencing deployment, or worse, death, this can be an incredibly difficult task to achieve. Remember, our kids are much stronger than us and finding our own strength to pull out the memories can prove to be theraputic for both parent and child. Browsing through goofy pictures of dad can definitely bring a chuckle from our teenager and help them open up and talk about their feelings.
Visit relatives. If you're divorced or separated and still on speaking terms with anyone in the family, visit them during occassion. It may be easier to let others who still have fond memories to talk to your teen about their dad. Relatives will be able to tell him stories that you may not even know. Your teen may be able to connect with a story about the time his dad got in trouble with grandpa for sneaking in past curfew. You'll get the joy of seeing your child laugh and he'll have the chance to see his dad through the eyes of others.
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 Lisa Lacey - Knoxville Parenting Teens Examiner
With the passing of Father's Day recently and the over-exposure to dad's day advertisements, we can't help but think of our own dad this time of year.
For kids that don't have a dad to celebrate this day, it can be an unpleasant reminder of the absence. One child in twenty will lose a parent to death before their high school graduation. Others will face this day alone due to military deployment, divorce or abandonment. Our little ones will openly and honestly talk about this loss or absence while our older kids will tend to bottle up their feelings.
How can we help our teens through this day and maybe even get a smile at the end of the day?
Talk to your teen. This sounds like a no brainer but a lot of parents may think if their child isn't talking about their dad, then he isn't on their mind. Just because your teen isn't initiating conversation doesn't mean he isn't thinking about his dad. Holidays, birthdays and yes, Father's Day are just a few dates that will trigger a memory or thought. Pick the right time during these occassions to remember and talk about dad, even if the circumstances are divorce and your own personal opinion clashes with what you need to say. Your teenager may be big, tall and able to eat enough food for three grown men but this doesn't mean he's grown and he doesn't need to hear the realities of what type of person his dad is, what he did wrong or any other adult opinions.
Get out the album. No matter what the age, kids love looking back on old photo albums. If you're a family experiencing deployment, or worse, death, this can be an incredibly difficult task to achieve. Remember, our kids are much stronger than us and finding our own strength to pull out the memories can prove to be theraputic for both parent and child. Browsing through goofy pictures of dad can definitely bring a chuckle from our teenager and help them open up and talk about their feelings.
Visit relatives. If you're divorced or separated and still on speaking terms with anyone in the family, visit them during occassion. It may be easier to let others who still have fond memories to talk to your teen about their dad. Relatives will be able to tell him stories that you may not even know. Your teen may be able to connect with a story about the time his dad got in trouble with grandpa for sneaking in past curfew. You'll get the joy of seeing your child laugh and he'll have the chance to see his dad through the eyes of others.
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 GA Divorce Attorney - Augusta Georgia Family Lawyer
What are the grounds for divorce in Georgia?
In Georgia there are 13 grounds for divorce. One ground is irretrievably broken (sometimes referred to as the no-fault ground). The other 12 grounds for divorce in Georgia are fault grounds.
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.
In Georgia there are 13 grounds for divorce. One ground is irretrievably broken (sometimes referred to as the no-fault ground). The other 12 grounds for divorce in Georgia are fault grounds.
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.
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