by Steve Shewmaker | Jul 28, 2021 | Child Custody, Child Support, Divorce, Family Law, General Information
There are cases where one parent has been paying child support to the other parent and realizes they have been overpaying. This can happen in a number of situations – for instance when the child support obligation is tiered. The law is very clear on these...
by Steve Shewmaker | Jul 8, 2021 | Divorce, Family Law, General Information, Litigation, Philosophy of Law, Strategy and Preparation
We’ve all seen countless TV shows where the lawyers are shouting “I object!” What does that actually mean? The phrase is basically an interruption to get the courts attention about something that is improper. It can be about the admissibility of...
by Patty Shewmaker | Jul 1, 2021 | Child Custody, Child Support, Child Visitation Rights, Divorce, Family Law, Military Divorce, Uncontested Divorce
Any time custody and parenting time is in dispute, which is virtually every time children are involved in a divorce, Georgia courts require a parenting plan. There must be a plan agreed to by the parties or else a plan will be ordered by a judge. In this video from...
by Alexa Lewis | Jun 16, 2021 | Alimony, Child Custody, Divorce, Equitable Division, Family Law, Military Justice, ROTC Disenrollment Hearings, Title IX Investigations
We all have our favorite movies about divorce. There are some good ones that teach us valuable lessons about divorce, the law, and how things can go very badly when relationships and marriages go south. In this video, Steve Shewmaker and Alexa Lewis with the Law Firm...
by Steve Shewmaker | Feb 2, 2021 | Child Custody, Child Support, Child Visitation Rights, Divorce, Equitable Division, Family Law, General Information, Strategy and Preparation
Media often reports on “injustices” in family court in Georgia. In any court there are occasionally miscarriages of justice but by and large, given the sheer number of cases In Georgia, the system works. Steve and Patty Shewmaker of the Shewmaker &...
