All parents must support their children, whether or not the parents are married. Both you and your spouse are responsible for giving your kids all the necessities of life until they become legal adults. 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.
Under Georgia law, an obligation of child support continues until child support modifications are formalized by a formal order of the court. The parties cannot agree to change it without court intervention, and it will not change or terminate when a child goes to live with the other parent. There is no statute of limitation on the collection of past due support, and interest will be added at the statutory rate from the time each payment becomes due.
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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.
