Atlanta Divorce Law Group September 2019

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Inside This Issue

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An Ode to Grandparents

A Mistake That Causes the Most Damage: Infidelity

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How to Keep Your Family Close in a Busy World

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A Fresh Take on the Drama Triangle

Here’s What Our Peers Are Saying!

ADLG’s ‘Big Little Lies’ Series: Season 1, Episode 5 Recap

ADLG’s ‘Big Little Lies’ Series: Season 1, Episode 5 Recap

Family Law Theme: Infidelity

As you’ve likely noticed in recent newsletters, the ADLG team launched a new blog series to extrapolate the plethora of family themes addressed in the first season of the dramatic hit TV series “Big Little Lies” in preparation for the amazing second season, which was released this summer. Below is a condensed recap of the fifth blog and episode “Once Bitten.” This intense and poignant episode presents the audience with several themes related to family law, but the one we want to focus on this month is Infidelity . Main character Madeline is having

an extra-marital relationship with her director, Joseph. The exact extent of the relationship isn’t clear, but we see Madeline and Joseph kissing at the theater, and there are flashbacks to them kissing in a car sometime in the previous year. As it relates to family law in Georgia, the word “infidelity” is sometimes referred to as adultery, which is when a married person “voluntarily has sexual intercourse with a person other than his [or her] spouse.” While Georgia is a state that allows for no-fault divorces, adultery is one of the 12 at-fault grounds for divorce. Courts may grant

a total divorce if the spouse can prove the other party committed adultery during their marriage. If the infidelity is proven, it can financially impact the divorce in terms of alimony (the spouse who committed adultery may be barred from receiving alimony or spousal support) and/or the equitable division of marital property (taking the affair into account when deciding the division of assets). It can also impact impending custody hearings. In addition to infidelity, the other family law issues in this fifth episode include domestic violence (shown through Celeste’s and Perry’s marriage), rape (shown through Jane’s past experiences), therapy (demonstrated through Celeste and her therapist), and the notion of maintaining or managing “passion” in marriage (shown through Celeste, Madeline, and Renata). To read about the family law themes explored in this episode and others, or to see the themes foreshadowed in “Once Bitten,” be sure to go to AtlantaDivorceLawGroup.com/Blog.

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