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Fraudulent Transfers to Dodge Child Support
A Georgia parent owed child support is a creditor by statute and can ask a court to undo property transfers the other parent made to avoid paying.
Read MoreGarnishing Wages for Child Support in Georgia
A Georgia parent owed child support can garnish wages without a new judgment, and a continuing garnishment for support can take half of disposable earnings.
Read MoreIncome Deduction Orders for Child Support
Georgia requires an income withholding order with nearly every child support order, so support comes straight out of the paying parent's wages.
Read MoreInterest on Unpaid Child Support in Georgia
Unpaid Georgia child support accrues interest at 7 percent a year, starting 30 days after each payment is due, without a separate judgment.
Read MoreLosing a License for Unpaid Child Support
Georgia can suspend a driver's, professional, hunting, or fishing license when a parent is 60 days behind on child support, by court order or through DCSS.
Read MoreUnpaid Child Support as Criminal Abandonment
Willfully leaving a child without support is the crime of abandonment in Georgia, a misdemeanor that becomes a felony if the parent leaves the state.
Read MoreUsing DCSS to Collect Georgia Child Support
Any Georgia parent can apply to the Division of Child Support Services to collect support, but the state -- not you -- is the agency's client.
Read MoreAdoptive 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.
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