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Joint Alimony Awards When a Child Turns 18
A Georgia decree awarding one sum for a spouse and the children does not shrink automatically as each child grows up. The rule, the exception, and the remedy.
Read MoreMaking Alimony Survive Remarriage in Georgia
Georgia alimony survives the recipient's remarriage only if the decree expressly says so. What the Daopoulos rule requires, who can provide it, and what fails.
Read MoreProtecting Alimony If Your Ex Dies First
Georgia periodic alimony dies with the payer, but a survivor benefit, life insurance, a secured lump sum, or an estate clause can keep support coming.
Read MoreIs My Spouse Cheating? What Georgia Law Says
Cheating matters most to alimony in a Georgia divorce. Where else an affair counts, how adultery is proved, and how to gather evidence without breaking the law.
Read MoreAlimony for an Abandoned Spouse in Georgia
A Georgia spouse who is abandoned or driven from the home can get alimony without a divorce, and the abandonment does not have to last a year.
Read MoreDesertion as a Bar to Alimony in Georgia
A Georgia spouse whose desertion caused the separation cannot get alimony, but the other spouse must prove it, and moving out is not automatically desertion.
Read MoreAttorney's Fees for Losing a Live-in-Lover Case
A Georgia spouse who petitions under the live-in-lover law and loses must pay the other side's reasonable attorney's fees. The statute says shall, not may.
Read MoreCan You Waive Georgia's Live-in-Lover Law?
Georgia spouses can waive the right to modify alimony for cohabitation, and a waiver citing OCGA 19-6-19 et seq. reaches it without naming cohabitation.
Read MoreGeorgia's Live-in-Lover Law and Alimony
Georgia's live-in-lover law lets a court reduce or end alimony when the recipient lives with a new partner, but nothing changes until a court orders it.
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