Category: Child Support

In Georgia, every child has the right to child support. It is normal for a parent to receive assistance from their ex-spouse. Financial support is a critical aspect of your child’s life. Any parent or caretaker can collect child support if they house and care for the child more than half of the time.  The […]

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Child support can be complicated even in the most simple of cases. Whenever there is anything to complicate matters – and there usually is – determining child support in a divorce or separation becomes even more challenging. Understanding the various challenges in Georgia child support determinations will help you approach your case with more knowledge […]

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Last time, we began discussing how those individuals fortunate enough to land a new job may not realize that while they are busy acclimating to their position, their new employer may be busy submitting their personal information to a state-run child support database. While this may sound somewhat sinister, we discussed how the reality is […]

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When a person receives the news that they’ve been hired, it’s understandably cause for celebration. However, this celebration may prove to be short-lived once the person actually reports for work, as they will soon find themselves inundated with forms to sign, people to meet, policies with which to familiarize themselves and, of course, duties to […]

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Agencies across the nation — including here in Georgia — have made remarkable strides over the last several decades in expanding the child support payment options available to parents. Indeed, in addition to more traditional methods such as in-person payments and payments by mail or over the phone, parents can now rely on auto deductions […]

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In a post last week, our blog spent some time discussing the various models used by the 50 states in calculating child support. To recap, Georgia and 37 other states use the income shares model, which calls for the respective income of the custodial and the noncustodial parent to be considered in determining the amount […]

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It may come as a surprise, but one of the more confusing issues to emerge for many people going through a divorce is not property division or alimony, but rather child support. This confusion can typically be attributed to the seemingly complex calculations that must be performed, the lengthy guidelines that must be consulted and […]

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As regards payment of child support, relevant laws across the United States stand out as being comparatively rigid and severe when examined alongside the legislation that governs this important area of family law in many other countries. We should be paying closer attention to that, argues the writer of an article focusing upon child support […]

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An interesting story regarding unclaimed tax refunds has relevance to a primary family law concern, and we pass it along for our readers as a segue to a brief focus on Georgia child support. Reportedly, about $1 billion is currently sitting with the IRS as money owed to taxpayers across the country who haven’t formally […]

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