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New 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 MoreHow to Complete a Georgia Child Support Worksheet
The Georgia child support worksheet runs from Schedule A gross income to Schedule E deviations, each schedule feeding the next; the calculator does the math.
Read MoreEmancipation and Child Support in Georgia
In Georgia emancipation ends the duty of support, but a minor is emancipated only by marriage, military service, or a juvenile court order, not by moving out.
Read MoreHow Georgia Changed Imputed Income in 2018
Before July 1, 2018 Georgia imputed child support income at minimum wage for a 40-hour week; the amended statute requires an individualized assessment instead.
Read MoreVariable Income and Georgia Child Support
Georgia counts commissions, bonuses, and overtime in child support gross income by averaging them; a court cannot leave them out as not guaranteed.
Read MoreWhat Georgia Excludes From Child Support Income
Georgia child support gross income leaves out support received for another child, means-tested benefits, foster care payments, and standard employer benefits.
Read MoreWillful Unemployment and Georgia Child Support
A Georgia court can base child support on earning capacity when a parent is willfully unemployed or underemployed; earning less than you could is not enough.
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