As the divorce proceeding is legally finalized, there remains a few lingering concerns. You can’t deny that divorce is the beginning of a few life-long changes that may take time to resolve. If you’re someone who has been going through a divorce proceeding? If yes, you must be overworked with meeting the legal consequences. During this time, to ease off matters, is it a good idea to appoint a legal expert? 

 

One of the foremost things you might be wondering about is the legal concerns of a divorce. Besides the stress that you’re dealing with, the money-related and legal aspects can be the most intense issues of a divorce case. A Columbus divorce attorney can certainly help you out but here are a few legal concerns that you should be aware of. 

  • Paternity

 

Since a man is the biological father of a child, this doesn’t give him legal rights to get his child custody. In case the parents weren’t married during the birth of their child, they need to file a paternity suit. Through this paternity suit, the judge will get to determine the biological father of the child. This can be done through a DNA test. Once this is done, there are a few other issues to address like child visitation, child custody, and child support. 

  • Child support

 

Irrespective of the custody arrangement that you’ve been assigned, courts will demand one parent to bear child support. Courts often presume the parent will pay child support and they’ll decide the amount that is apt for the child. You have to research the state laws to know the child support arrangements in the place you live in. Parents also have the right of agreeing to non-guideline support while determining custody arrangements. 

  • Child custody

 

When the parents keep disagreeing on the best situation for the children, child custody becomes yet another legal concern in a divorce. Judges are not allowed to decide the custody of the child any way they want. They have to base their recommendation on evidence and make determinations that are always in the best interests of the child. The judge has to take into account factors like who has always been the primary caregiver during their relationship. 

  • Property Division

 

All categories of properties that are acquired in the marriage are said to be ‘community property’ irrespective of who bought the property and whose name is mentioned in the property title. As per the laws of the state, all community property should be fairly divided between the two parties involved in a divorce. When we say a fair and equitable distribution, it means a 50/50 split. 

  • Alimony/Spousal maintenance

 

Alimony, spousal support, and spousal maintenance refer to the payments done by a spouse to the other every month. Spousal support is bound by several statutory requirements and it is set by law within a length of time through which both the spouses have been married. 

 

Therefore, if you’re someone who has been thinking of filing a divorce, you should first be aware of all the legal concerns associated with it.