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Remote Hearings in a Georgia Divorce
Uniform Superior Court Rule 9 lets most divorce proceedings be held by video, but not the trial, and testifying by video is left to the judge.
Read MoreWhat a Jury Decides in a Georgia Divorce
Even when a Georgia divorce is tried to a jury, custody and the enforceability of a marital agreement are decided by the judge instead.
Read MoreWhat Happens at a Georgia Divorce Trial
A Georgia divorce trial settles every contested issue at once, under the same rules of pleading and practice that apply to ordinary civil actions.
Read MoreCan Alimony Be a Percentage of Income in Georgia?
Georgia enforces alimony set as a percentage of the paying spouse's income, awarded or agreed, so long as the income base is defined well enough to compute.
Read MoreCost-of-Living Adjustments to Alimony in Georgia
A Georgia alimony award can adjust itself, but only from a definite base amount and on a specified financial change, not on the passage of time alone.
Read MoreIncorporating an Alimony Agreement Into the Decree
Once a Georgia decree incorporates an alimony agreement it is enforced by contempt, changed only by the court, and terms beyond a judge's power are locked in.
Read MoreSocial Security and Alimony Offsets in Georgia
A Georgia alimony payer gets no automatic credit when the former spouse draws Social Security on his record, but his own benefits can count as income.
Read MoreSubstituting Property for Cash Alimony in Georgia
A Georgia spouse ordered to pay cash alimony cannot swap in property or a set-off on his own; a substitute counts only if the recipient or court accepted it.
Read MoreContempt for Nonpayment of Alimony in Georgia
A Georgia ex-spouse who can pay alimony and does not can be jailed for contempt, and the burden of proving inability to pay is on the spouse who stopped paying.
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