Alimony is one of the most misunderstood outcomes in Georgia divorce law. Many spouses expect it automatically; others assume it is a relic of an earlier era. Neither assumption is accurate. Georgia courts have broad discretion to award spousal support‚ or to deny it...
Most Georgia litigants know that attorney's fees can sometimes be recovered under O.C.G.A. Section 9-15-14 for frivolous claims or under 13-6-11 for bad faith. Fewer appreciate that O.C.G.A. Section 9-11-68 creates a separate, mandatory fee-shifting mechanism tied not...
A personal guaranty is a written promise by one person‚ the guarantor‚ to pay or perform the obligations of another if that person defaults. In commercial lending, commercial leasing, and trade credit, guaranties are ubiquitous. But a guaranty that fails to satisfy...