Augusta GA Child Custody Lawyer – Georgia Custody
If one parent is the custodial parent, then the other parent almost always is required to pay child support. The reasoning is that both parents are responsible for supporting the kids, and if the kids live with one parent most of the time, chances are that custodial parent will need some help paying for the housing, food, clothing, and everything else the kids need. There are official child support guidelines set out in the statute that are to be followed in all cases in which the parents are not able to reach an agreement.
Georgia Code Sections 19-5-12, 19-6-14, and 19-6-15 provide that the following factors must be considered when determining child support:
(1) the age of the children;
(2) a child’s medical costs or extraordinary needs;
(3) educational costs;
(4) daycare costs;
(5) shared physical custody arrangements;
(6) a parent’s support obligations to another household;
(7) hidden income of a parent;
(8) the income of the parent with custody;
(9) contributions of the parents;
(10) extreme economic circumstances;
(11) a parent’s own extraordinary needs;
(12) historic spending levels of the family;
(13) the cost of health and accident insurance coverage for the child; and
(14) any extraordinary visitation travel expenses.
Our divorce attorneys are based in Augusta, GA (Georgia). If you seeking divorce in Augusta, GA (Georgia) or anywhere throughout the CSRA, including Columbia County, Richmond County, Lincoln County, McDuffie, Jefferson and Burke Counties, Evans, Appling, Waynesboro, Louisville, Thomson, Lincolnton, Girard Georgia & Aiken, South Carolina & North Augusta SC, contact us.
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Shawn Gunder is an Augusta GA divorce lawyer & Georgia Military Divorce Lawyer He is an Augusta military divorce lawyer, GA child custody attorney , and Augusta Georgia child support attorney.
