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What You Must Prove to Change Alimony
To change Georgia alimony on financial grounds, you must prove a substantial change in either spouse's income and financial status, not just a smaller paycheck.
Read MoreContempt While a Georgia Appeal Is Pending
An appeal usually bars contempt for violating the order on appeal, with exceptions, and a person appealing a contempt finding can ask for supersedeas.
Read MoreCustody Orders During a Georgia Appeal
During an appeal, a custody order in a Georgia custody case stays in effect, but a divorce decree's custody terms go on hold unless the judge orders otherwise.
Read MoreHow to Appeal a Georgia Divorce Judgment
Most Georgia divorce and post-divorce orders can be appealed only by an application filed within 30 days. Custody cases outside a divorce are the exception.
Read MoreHow to Preserve Issues for a Georgia Appeal
Georgia appellate courts generally will not review a complaint about a divorce trial that was never raised with the trial judge, so object and make a record.
Read MoreSupersedeas in a Georgia Divorce Appeal
An appeal or a motion for new trial usually puts a Georgia divorce judgment on hold, but the judge can limit that hold or require a bond.
Read MoreWhen a Georgia Family Law Appeal Becomes Moot
A Georgia appellate court will not decide a family law appeal, or the part of one, that has become moot, as when a child turns 18 or jail time is served.
Read MoreWhich Court Hears a Georgia Divorce Appeal?
Since January 1, 2017, the Court of Appeals of Georgia, not the Georgia Supreme Court, has heard appeals in divorce and alimony cases.
Read MoreCan a Move Change a Georgia Custody Order?
A parent's move can reopen a Georgia custody order, but only if the judge finds it would materially change the child's life. Nothing happens automatically.
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