Special Child Support Concerns
Unique child support situations and considerations.
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Adoptive 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.
Read MoreChild 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.
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