Special Child Support Concerns
Unique child support situations and considerations.
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Does 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 MoreWho Claims the Children on Taxes in Georgia?
A Georgia court cannot give the federal dependency exemption to the noncustodial parent; it stays with the custodial parent unless that parent signs a release.
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