Child Support Deviations
Circumstances that allow courts to deviate from standard child support guidelines.
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Extraordinary Educational Expenses in Georgia
Georgia's extraordinary educational expense deviation covers private and special needs schooling and shifts the cost only if it is on the worksheet.
Read MoreGeorgia's Low-Income Child Support Adjustment
A Georgia parent with low adjusted income owes the lesser of the presumptive child support amount or a statutory table figure, applied automatically since 2026.
Read MoreHigh-Income Parents and Georgia Child Support
When Georgia parents' combined income exceeds the top of the child support table, the court uses the table's maximum and may deviate upward with findings.
Read MoreLife Insurance Premiums and Georgia Child Support
A Georgia court may add or subtract a life insurance premium kept for a child as a child support deviation, if the premium is reasonable and findings are made.
Read MoreNonspecific Deviations in Georgia Child Support
A Georgia court may deviate from presumptive child support for an unlisted reason, but only on a finding that the deviation serves the child's best interest.
Read MoreThe Child Care Tax Credit and Georgia Child Support
A Georgia court may deviate from child support when a parent gets the federal Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit, but only by choice and with findings.
Read MoreThe Mortgage Deviation in Georgia Child Support
A Georgia court may count a noncustodial parent's mortgage payments on the child's home as a child support deviation, but it is never required to.
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