Calculating Child Support
How child support amounts are calculated under Georgia guidelines.
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Do Georgia Child Support Guidelines Cover College?
Georgia's child support guidelines end at majority and reach secondary school only to age 20, so college costs are owed only if a parent agreed to pay them.
Read MoreGeorgia's Income Shares Model for Child Support
Georgia sets child support by combining both parents' incomes, reading a statutory table, and dividing the result pro rata, before any deviation is considered.
Read MoreTemporary Child Support in a Georgia Divorce
Georgia's child support guidelines apply to a temporary award, but the worksheet attachment and findings a final order requires do not all reach one.
Read MoreHow to Complete a Georgia Child Support Worksheet
The Georgia child support worksheet runs from Schedule A gross income to Schedule E deviations, each schedule feeding the next; the calculator does the math.
Read MoreEmancipation and Child Support in Georgia
In Georgia emancipation ends the duty of support, but a minor is emancipated only by marriage, military service, or a juvenile court order, not by moving out.
Read MoreHow Georgia Changed Imputed Income in 2018
Before July 1, 2018 Georgia imputed child support income at minimum wage for a 40-hour week; the amended statute requires an individualized assessment instead.
Read MoreVariable Income and Georgia Child Support
Georgia counts commissions, bonuses, and overtime in child support gross income by averaging them; a court cannot leave them out as not guaranteed.
Read MoreWhat Georgia Excludes From Child Support Income
Georgia child support gross income leaves out support received for another child, means-tested benefits, foster care payments, and standard employer benefits.
Read MoreWillful Unemployment and Georgia Child Support
A Georgia court can base child support on earning capacity when a parent is willfully unemployed or underemployed; earning less than you could is not enough.
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