Domestic relations cases involving children: There have been major changes in Georgia’s child support and child custody laws in the past two years. The changes in the child support guidelines now require court’s to take into account more factors for both the custodial and non-custodial parent in calculating child support obligations. Factors such as who is paying the health insurance premiums, the amount of time children spend with the non-custodial parent, and the custodial parent’s income all come into play now.

Although the new guidelines went into effect in January, 2007, it may have an impact on the amount of support a non-custodial parent is required to pay if the support obligation comes from a divorce decree or legit Imation finalized before January, 2007.

Since January 1, 2008, Georgia law now requires parents to file a parenting plan as part of the settlement agreement in divorce cases involving children. These parenting plans are far more detailed than the standard "every other weekend, every other holiday" visitation plans of previous years. The idea behind these changes is to have parents more fully cooperate in rearing their children even though they have divorced.

Or goal to provide quality legal services to all of our clients in all of their domestic relations matters.