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Every single case is going to be based on the details surrounding the parents of the children, including their finances, living situation, best interests of the children, etc. If you want supportive and detailed legal representation, please call our Georgia child support lawyers right away. We will treat you as we would our own families.
Legally, in Georgia State, each parent has a duty to financially support their children until they are either no longer a minor or have graduated high school. The later date will be the cut off, but it will not go longer than them being 20 years old. Georgia does not make support mandatory once the child is in college or graduate school. However, if both parties come to an agreement that includes support through their years of higher education, that is a possibility. This is legally enforced by courts.
When determining how much child support is going to be owed, several factors are taking into account. The court will look into how much each parent takes in monthly. Using a table, the court will determine what support is going to be owed based on the percentage each parent makes compared against the total of both of their incomes. It’s not always a cut and dry formula. The court is going to be looking at some more factors beside income to see what needs to be adjusted including:
Some other adjustments that will be made based on discretion of the court include:
You may be wondering if child support works the same if you were married to the other parent or not. In Georgia, it doesn’t matter if you were married or if this is an unmarried couple going through custody and child support. It works the same.
If either parent experiences a significant increase or decrease in their financially situation, the child support agreement can be officially modified to reflect the new circumstances. This can happen at any time after the first order has been made. After that any second or subsequent modifications cannot happen until two years after the last modification.
You can discuss with your Georgia child support lawyers what would happen if you or the other parent was experiencing financial issues. The jury can deliberate on a modification. It will usually happen with the presence of a judge and jury, and they have the power to temporarily award a party with support or temporarily modify it.
Everything that happens from the beginning to the end is going to be based on circumstance. No two cases are going to be identical. Your lawyer can help you through this.
Please note that in Georgia, if a parent is ordered to pay child support, then that is going to be enforced through the child support agreement until the child ages out. The parents cannot change the agreement without the court modifying it. It also does not end if the child moves in with the other parent. If there are late payments, you are going to owe them no matter how long ago they were unpaid, and there will be interest applied to this payment.
If you are worried about what is going to happen with your case of child support, please call our Georgia child support lawyers as soon as possible. This is a very significant matter in your life and we will treat it as such. Hall & Navarro is a law firm with lawyers full of knowledge about child support in Georgia. We have handled many of these cases and want to help you through this. Call us today!
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