Child Support
Articles about child support in Georgia, including calculation, enforcement, deviations, and modifications.
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Child Support in a Georgia Military Divorce
Georgia counts a servicemember's base pay, drill pay, and housing and subsistence allowances as support income and credits VA disability paid for the child.
Read MoreChild Support in a Georgia Split Parenting Case
When each Georgia parent has primary custody of at least one child, the guidelines require a separate worksheet and support calculation for each parent.
Read MoreDoes a Stepparent Owe Child Support in Georgia?
A Georgia stepparent owes no child support unless the stepparent adopts the child or agrees in a court-approved settlement to support the child.
Read MoreDoes Termination End Child Support in Georgia?
In Georgia a parent whose rights are terminated still owes child support until a final adoption order is entered, and a signed surrender by itself ends nothing.
Read MoreLife Insurance to Secure Georgia Child Support
A Georgia court can order either parent to carry life insurance for the children as part of a child support order, with or without that parent's agreement.
Read MoreNew Child Support Case or Modification in Georgia?
If no Georgia order has ever addressed your child's support, you file an original action; if one has, even in passing, modification is the only route.
Read MoreNo Attorney's Lien on Child Support in Georgia
Georgia's attorney lien statute does not reach child support, because the money belongs to the child and the parent who collects it holds it only as a trustee.
Read MoreSchedule B and Your Other Children in Georgia
Georgia's Schedule B lowers gross income for child support actually paid under an earlier order and, in the court's discretion, for other children at home.
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.
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