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We’ve received a lot of questions about parenting time deviations for Georgia child support, including

Does parenting time really matter?
How is the deviation calculated?
What happens in cases of 50/50 joint custody?
Can child support be increased based on parenting time as well as decreased?

Here is a general response/discussion of the parenting time deviation and how it works [...]

On Tuesday, Jan. 14, Laurie will travel to Macon with Jill Radwin and Elaine Johnson from the Georgia Administrative Office of the Courts to provide training for trainers for the Office of Child Support Services on use of the new Self-Employment Calculator and related issues.

Contributed by:   Stearns-Montgomery & Proctor – Family Law Attorneys
If you have watched any television over the holiday season, you have undoubtedly been subjected to the seemingly never-ending barrage of jewelry commercials portraying husbands and boyfriends surprising their wives and girlfriends with fine rings, bracelets, necklaces, etc. Of course, the jewelry companies are hoping to convince [...]

Georgia is an “equitabile division” state, in which “marital” assets are divided between the parties on an “equitable” basis.  But “separate” assets remain the property of the person to whom they belong and are not divisible.  Separate assets, basically, are assets that are pre-marital, inherited, or gifted.  Marital assets are assets that are acquired during [...]

Author: Margot Swann, Executive Director, Visions Anew
The most important thing to remember is that you should not divorce alone. No one can know everything she or he needs to know to divorce. That’s why I always recommend using a team approach.
Your attorney knows the legal aspects of divorcing, how to negotiate, the judges, the other [...]

The current version of the Georgia child support Excel calculator is Version 8.0, released Sept. 1, 2009.  This version includes the statutory change to the Low Income Deviation per HB 145.  The Excel calculator is available in two formats:
1. The Standard format allows you to enter data directly onto the Schedules and Worksheet, and
2. The Data Entry [...]

In October, 2009, the Supreme Court of Georgia issued its opinion in the matter of Coe v Coe.  In this case, the Husband contributed money that he received in a personal injury law suit, which would normally be considered separate property, toward the purchase of the marital home titled in the names of both the [...]

The most common error we continue to see in the use of the Georgia Child Support Electronic Calculator is on Schedule E, Lines 2 – 10, “Other Deviations.”  This section includes deviations for high income, dental and vision insurance, visitation related travel expenses, etc.  The tendency is to want to put the amount of the [...]