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Filing Divorce When Your Spouse Left Georgia
If the spouse you are suing lives outside Georgia, divorce venue is your own county -- but a Georgia spouse you simply cannot find is not a nonresident.
Read MoreVenue Is Fixed When the Case Is Filed
Georgia venue turns on where the defendant lived the day the case was filed, so a move afterward does not send the case to a different county.
Read MoreVenue When Family Violence Is Involved
When a violent spouse has left the family home without settling anywhere, a Georgia court may find venue in either county, and it cannot dismiss on its own.
Read MoreWaiving the Venue Defense in a Divorce
A Georgia divorce defendant who does not raise improper venue in the first responsive pleading loses it, and general settlement language will not waive it.
Read MoreWhich County Do You File for Divorce In?
The Georgia Constitution puts divorce venue in the county where the defendant spouse lives, and residence there means domicile, not just an address.
Read MoreWrong County? The Case Gets Transferred
A Georgia divorce filed in the wrong county is normally transferred rather than dismissed, but the plaintiff has 20 days to pay the costs or it dies.
Read MoreAttorney's Fees in Alimony Modification Cases
In a Georgia alimony modification case, the court may award fees to the prevailing party, and may make a paying spouse who files cover the other's defense.
Read MoreCan Support Be Changed Retroactively in Georgia?
A Georgia court can change alimony or child support only from the date of its order forward. Payments already due stay owed, with one rule for lost income.
Read MoreHow to Modify Alimony in Georgia
Either former spouse can ask a Georgia court to change periodic alimony by a new petition in the right county; repeat financial petitions face a two-year limit.
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