Atlanta Divorce Law Group is a boutique firm focused on family law matters in Georgia. With over 120 years of combined legal experience, our Atlanta, GA family and divorce lawyers bring courtroom strength, strategic precision, and compassionate guidance to every case we handle.
We guide individuals and families through a transformative approach to help them navigate their life transitions. We take an active approach, developing comprehensive legal strategies to protect your financial security, parental rights, and long-term stability.
While many divorce and family law matters settle outside the courtroom, our clients gain strategic leverage by having attorneys with real trial experience and the confidence to litigate when necessary.
We replace confusion with clarity, fear with confidence, and hesitation with decisive action. We do not measure our value by how much a client needs us, but by how confidently they can move forward because of us.
We are not transactional attorneys who just check boxes. Every step we take is connected to a larger strategy designed to serve the client’s long-term life, not just their immediate case.
We do not wait and react. We stay ahead so our clients are never catching up, driving the case forward with clarity and intention.
We do not chase resolution; we create leverage because true settlement power comes from readiness. We settle from strength, never from pressure.
Whether your case involves children, significant assets, business interests, or contested custody issues, we are prepared to advocate with precision and strength. Our caring, perceptive Atlanta, Georgia family law attorneys can be a tremendous advocate in times of personal upheaval, such as divorce, asset division, alimony, legitimation, child support, and complex amily law matters.
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Our Georgia family and divorce attorneys bring more than 120 years of combined experience and over 75 years of collective trial and litigation experience to every case. Together, they have handled more than 1,500 contested divorce matters and 1,300 contested custody matters with more than 90% of those cases litigated across Metro Atlanta’s six largest counties: Fulton, Cobb, Gwinnett, Forsyth, Cherokee, and DeKalb.
Every jurisdiction carries its own procedural expectations, and every judge brings their own approach to family law matters. That depth of local familiarity is a strategic advantage one that shapes how we prepare, how we position, and how we advocate for every client we represent.
Atlanta Divorce Law Group was founded more than 10 years ago on the belief that divorce can be approached with intention rather than stigma.
Our mission is not only to guide clients through legal filings, but to help individuals and families navigate life transitions with clarity, structure, and dignity. At its best, family law creates a framework for stability and respect in the next chapter, particularly when parents remain connected through their children s milestones, shared responsibilities, and long-term involvement in each other s lives.
Families seek an Atlanta, Georgia family and divorce attorney during deeply personal and often uncertain times. We approach this responsibility with professionalism, discretion, and respect for every clients background, financial structure, and family dynamic.
At the same time, filing for divorce is about far more than meeting the minimum requirements. The decisions made during a divorce can significantly impact your financial future, property rights, parental rights, business interests, and relationship with your children. These outcomes deserve careful preparation and strategic advocacy.
Our attorneys conduct intensive strategy sessions early in the process to identify risks, opportunities, and leverage points. Every case is evaluated with both settlement positioning and courtroom readiness in mind.
Divorce is one of the most significant financial and legal transitions you may ever face. Without experienced legal counsel, important issues can be overlooked, with long-term consequences.
A dedicated Atlanta, Georgia family lawyer can help you reach a thorough divorce agreement that considers all your interests. Our firm approaches divorce as both a legal and strategic challenge. We evaluate financial exposure, settlement positioning, custody leverage, litigation risk, and long-term stability planning.
Most cases settle, but they settle favorably when thoroughly prepared and backed by attorneys ready for trial. The best settlement outcomes outside of court your legal team needs to display litigation background that can properly assess the costs and benefits of settling and what legal levers to pull in negotiations. That preparation is where our experience makes a measurable difference.
For many couples, the original idea of a happily ever after changes over time. Divorce does not have to mean the end of stability or success; it can be a structured transition into a more secure and intentional next chapter.
At Atlanta Divorce Law Group, we define Happily Ever After Divorce® as moving forward with clarity and confidence. That means making informed decisions, protecting your rights and financial future, and creating a plan that supports you and your family.
Divorce is more than a legal outcome, as a final decree alone does not create peace of mind. True confidence comes from fully evaluating your situation and making the best possible decisions for your future.
Many people reach this point after significant effort in their marriage. When you are certain you have done all you can, you are better positioned to move forward without regret. Happily Ever After Divorce® is about leaving the process informed, prepared, and ready for what comes next.
At Atlanta Divorce Law Group, we believe informed clients make better decisions. We offer resources and support to help you understand the divorce and family law process and develop a strategy for your future.
At Atlanta Divorce Law Group, every matter is unique, and our process is designed to ensure you receive guidance tailored to your specific situation.
For many clients, the journey begins with an Initial Strategy Session. This is your first meeting with your attorney, where they will take a deeper dive into your situation, identify your goals, and develop a personalized strategy designed around what matters most to you. We believe our role is not simply to tell you what can be done, but to help you understand your options, evaluate the cost-benefit analysis of every move, and make informed decisions that align with your values, priorities, and long-term goals.
Because family law matters are rarely static, we recognize that litigation is a dynamic chess match. As circumstances evolve, strategy must evolve with them. For that reason, your strategy and the corresponding budget for achieving your goals are treated as living, breathing documents that can be adjusted as new information, opportunities, and challenges arise. This transparency helps ensure you are never blindsided and always understand the strategic thinking driving decisions and costs throughout the process.
Our goal is to demystify both the legal process and the factors that influence cost so that you can become an informed consumer of legal services. By providing clarity around strategy, budgeting, and decision-making, we give you the tools and advocacy to take full ownership of your case and confidently move forward — knowing that every investment is tied to a specific objective and a purposeful outcome.
Hosted by Founder Sara Khaki and Managing Partner Shawna Woods, the Happily Ever After Divorce® Podcast provides candid conversations about divorce, co-parenting, relationships, boundaries, and personal growth.
Our Divorce Support Group provides a safe, supportive environment for current and former clients, as well as individuals who have completed a consultation with our firm. Led by licensed mental health professionals, these meetings help participants process their situation and connect with others navigating similar experiences.
Written by Sara Khaki and Shawna Woods, the book offers practical guidance for individuals dealing with high-conflict relationships. It provides tools to help readers regain clarity, establish healthy boundaries, and make informed decisions whether they choose to stay or leave the relationship.
Throughout the year, our attorneys and trusted professionals host educational webinars on important family law topics, including child custody, high-conflict personalities, divorce planning, financial considerations, prenuptial agreements, and life after divorce.
The decisions made during a divorce can impact your financial future for years to come. Our financial resources help clients better understand budgeting, property division, support obligations, and long-term financial planning.
Children do best when parents have the tools to navigate change thoughtfully. We provide resources focused on parenting plans, co-parenting communication, child-centered decision-making, and helping children adjust during family transitions.
Our team regularly creates educational blogs, videos, books, and family law content designed to answer common questions and help individuals better understand the divorce process.
A divorce decree alone does not create peace of mind. True confidence comes from knowing you have gathered the information you need, explored your options, and made decisions you can live with long after your case is over.
Unlike firms that divide their attention among multiple practice areas, our practice is devoted exclusively to divorce and family law matters. At Atlanta Divorce Law Group, we believe in the philosophy that a jack of all trades is a master of none — when it comes to protecting your family, financial future, and parental rights, focused experience matters.
With more than 120 years of combined family law experience, our attorneys regularly collaborate on cases, sharing ideas, strategies, and perspectives. When you hire Atlanta Divorce Law Group, you benefit from the collective knowledge of an entire legal team.
Family law is rarely confined to family law alone — it often intersects with criminal matters, financial complexity, child welfare, and mental health, among other areas. Our team’s backgrounds reflect that reality. With experience spanning criminal litigation, child advocacy, guardianship matters, counseling, psychology, Guardian ad Litem work, complex financial cases, and courtroom litigation — among other areas — our attorneys bring perspectives that go beyond a single area of law. This diversity of experience shapes how each attorney approaches your case, offering insight that a narrower background wouldn’t provide.
Thorough preparation strengthens negotiations, creates leverage during settlement discussions, and ensures our clients are positioned for success whether their case resolves through agreement, mediation, or litigation.
Detach from the Narcissist: The Divorce Lawyers Guide to Freeing Yourself Whether You Stay or Go is the latest book from divorce attorneys Sara Khaki and Shawna Woods. This powerful guide goes beyond common advice and encourages you to take control of your own healing journey, regardless of whether you choose to stay or leave.
The Happily Ever After Divorce® Podcast, hosted by Founder Sara Khaki and Managing Partner Shawna Woods, is where divorce lawyers stop speaking in legalese, and start getting real. It s a space where experienced divorce attorneys speak openly and honestly sharing real-life insights, lessons learned, and practical guidance to help you feel more empowered and in control of what comes next.
Each episode focuses on helping you get unstuck by bringing clarity to complex situations, offering creative solutions, and challenging how you think about relationships, divorce, and personal growth. Topics include:
Our Atlanta divorce and family law attorneys have over 120 years of experience combined. They have a trial litigation background and legal experience that has created an unrivaled collaborative internal system to handle complex cases.
When a family unit is threatened by divorce or a custody battle, we have the expertise to step in and help minimize the impact on the family s well-being and their financial security. The mundane, day-to-day problems that divorce creates are the issues that frustrate and wear down most families through this emotional process.
We view challenging family law matters as structured legal problems that require preparation, analysis, and decisive advocacy. Our disciplined approach ensures consistent, high-level representation, even in high-conflict or high-asset cases.
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Our experienced Atlanta, Georgia divorce and family lawyers understand that divorce may be a complicated, emotional time for you. Many important decisions need to be made that consider your current situation as well as your future.
An attorney can work to help you emerge from your divorce in a better financial, legal, and personal situation than you may have imagined. Call today to schedule a consultation.
It is generally a good idea to have an attorney to ensure that you are protected during the divorce. If children are involved, an attorney is really the only way to make sure that all parties involved are protected and provided for throughout the process. If you do not have a child and/or have few assets, you may still want to hire an attorney to protect your interests and to ensure that no irreversible problems are created.
An uncontested divorce is one in which there is no opposition to the terms of the settlement or to the petition, and both parties are in full agreement. This allows both parties to move on with their lives as soon as possible. A contested divorce usually takes much longer due to disagreements, which result in mediation and litigation proceedings. Issues that can cause contested divorce beyond spousal disagreement are high financial stakes, child custody arrangements and support, or other complex issues. This can be very lengthy and is hard on both parties as well as the children.
This is determined by the specific nature of your marriage. Courts tend to steer clear of alimony that allows one party to never work again, except in special circumstances. Alimony is based on the payee’s need, the payer’s ability to pay, and the income of both parties, their lifestyles, length of the marriage, and their contribution to the marriage.
The length of time is highly determined by the parties involved. They must come to an agreement regarding property division, alimony, child support, custody, and visitation. For an uncontested divorce, it can take between two and three months from the date both parties submit their paperwork. However, the length of time for contested divorces varies greatly and depends on the complexity of the issues and on the willingness of both parties to reach an agreement.
In most cases, you will go to court for at least one hearing. Depending on the county, you may need to attend at least one court hearing. Some counties require status conferences to keep the judge updated on the progress of your case.
There are a lot of factors that come into play, but there are several ways to determine your spouse’s income. Factors such as the type of business, how much cash is handled, the legal form of the business, and the amount of money used for personal expenses are all considered. We’ll often use forensic accountants to determine income when making decisions regarding division of assets, business interests, alimony, and child support.
No, not unless the courts have declared as such. Courts begin with the assumption that frequent contact with both parents is good for the child. In circumstances of neglect or abuse, courts may allow limited contact before ordering all contact to be cut off.
This is determined by a standardized Child Support Worksheet that will be prepared by your attorney during your case. It considers both parents’ income, health insurance premiums, day care expenses, school expenses, extra-curricular activities, and any other costs spent for the benefit of the child(ren). The judge then makes a decision based on the payee’s income.
There are many factors considered when determining who gets custody of the child(ren), but it all comes down to what is in the child’s best interest. A few of the many factors considered are the love and bond between the child and parent, between the child and other siblings they live with, the ability of the parent to provide for the child’s needs, and the parent’s knowledge of the child’s needs. In highly contested cases, a Guardian ad Litem may be an option in helping to determine the best interest of the child(ren).
You, your spouse, and your lawyers agree upon a neutral third party certified mediator to act as a facilitator in an effort to discuss and resolve issues in your divorce without going to court. Our attorneys put great care in choosing the most experienced mediators to act in this capacity.
