Child Support
Articles about child support in Georgia, including calculation, enforcement, deviations, and modifications.
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Losing a License for Unpaid Child Support
Georgia can suspend a driver's, professional, hunting, or fishing license when a parent is 60 days behind on child support, by court order or through DCSS.
Read MoreUnpaid Child Support as Criminal Abandonment
Willfully leaving a child without support is the crime of abandonment in Georgia, a misdemeanor that becomes a felony if the parent leaves the state.
Read MoreUsing DCSS to Collect Georgia Child Support
Any Georgia parent can apply to the Division of Child Support Services to collect support, but the state -- not you -- is the agency's client.
Read MoreAdoptive Parents and Child Support in Georgia
A Georgia adoption decree moves the duty of child support to the adoptive parent and ends the biological parent's future duty, but not arrears already owed.
Read MoreAutomatic Child Support Adjustments in Georgia
A Georgia support order can build in an automatic adjustment only around a fixed sum, keyed to a financial change, and today only as a deviation with findings.
Read MoreCan Parents Waive Child Support in Georgia?
Georgia parents cannot bargain away a child's support, and a judge must reject an agreement that falls below the guidelines without deviation findings.
Read MoreCan You Get Back Child Support in Georgia?
Once paternity is established, a Georgia court can order the father of a child born out of wedlock to repay the mother's past expenses under the guidelines.
Read MoreChild Support Belongs to the Child in Georgia
In Georgia the right to child support is the child's, so a custodial parent cannot waive it, lose it by delay, or treat the payments as her own money.
Read MoreChild Support for Adult Children in Georgia
Georgia imposes no child support past majority unless a parent agreed, but since 2024 a court can order support for an incapacitated dependent adult child.
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