Gross Income
What counts as gross income for child support calculation purposes.
How 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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