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Parenting Time and Georgia Child Support
Court-ordered parenting time now reduces a noncustodial parent's Georgia child support by formula; the discretionary deviation ended January 1, 2026.
Read MorePrivate School Tuition and Georgia Child Support
A Georgia court can add private school tuition to child support by deviation, if the cost fits the parents' means and the lifestyle the child would have had.
Read MoreRequired Findings for a Child Support Deviation
A Georgia court that deviates from the presumptive child support amount must make three written findings, and an award without them is vacated on appeal.
Read MoreSummer Camp, Lessons, and Georgia Child Support
Georgia child support already covers average activity costs, so summer camp and lessons justify a deviation only above 7 percent of the basic obligation.
Read MoreTravel Expense Deviations in Georgia Child Support
When parenting time means long-distance travel, a Georgia court may deviate from child support for the cost, but only with cost evidence and written findings.
Read MoreCan You Demand an Accounting of Child Support?
Georgia treats the parent receiving child support as a trustee, but its courts have not let a paying parent demand an accounting on suspicion alone.
Read MoreCan You Go to Jail for Unpaid Child Support?
A Georgia parent who can pay child support and refuses can be jailed until they pay, but a parent who truly cannot pay must be released.
Read MoreContempt for Unpaid Child Support in Georgia
A Georgia parent who can pay child support and does not can be held in contempt, but the court must find the nonpayment was willful.
Read MoreEnforcing Child Support Across State Lines
Georgia's Uniform Interstate Family Support Act lets a parent register an out-of-state support order here, or send a withholding order straight to the employer.
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