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Liberty County Georgia family law firm

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Liberty County Georgia family law firm Child custody in GA "Child custody" is a legal term which is often used by family courts to describe the rights and responsibilities of divorced parents and their minor children, the residency or placement of the children, and the relationship and/or amount of contact the children have with each parent. When divorced parents are unable to agree on such issues, the judges are usually left with the difficult job of determining the most suitable custodial arrangement for the children and parenting plan for the parents. The more parents understand what is involved in child...

Chatham County Georgia Grandparents visitation rights lawyer

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Chatham County Georgia Grandparents visitation rights lawyer Georgia Grandparents visitation rights Troxel v. Granville, 530 U.S. 57 (2000) is a landmark case concerning the visitation rights of grandparents. The Supreme Court held that it is a fundamental liberty of parents to make decisions concerning their childs custody. It includes the freedom to choose when and with whom minor children can spend their time, and is applicable to time spent with grandparents. At the time of hearing a petition filed by grandparents for visitation rights, judges will always consider the decision and desires of the custodial parent. Importance is given to...

Chatham County GA Custody Plans

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Chatham County GA Custody Plans Savannah GA child custody lawyer For numerous divorced and separated parents with children, there is a common reason as to why they receive the child custody and visitation arrangement they have the court determined it. The court fixed the parenting arrangement based on what the judge felt was in the childs best interest. Courts do not always make the child custody decision or finalize the parenting plan arrangement. In fact, typically, the court will not make the child custody decision for the parents. It is usually when the parents are unable to reach an agreement...

Liberty County GA divorce lawyer

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Liberty County GA divorce lawyer Savannah adoption attorney Alimony in Chatham Hill GA Alimony is an payment out of one partys estate, made for the support of the other party when living separately. It may be either temporary or permanent. A spouse will not be entitled to alimony if it is shown by a preponderance of the evidence that the separation between the parties was a result of that spouses adultery or desertion. In all cases where alimony is sought, the court should seek evidence of the factual cause of the separation even though one or both of the parties...

Savannah GA family law lawyer

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Savannah GA family law lawyer Chatham County adoption attorneys New Support Guidelines in Chatham County GA A contested divorce is one where the spouses fight so much over assets or child custody that they cannot reach an agreement, and instead pass these issues to the court to determine. The judge and court clerks will be the main players in a contested divorce lawsuit. In Georgia, the jury cannot decide custody or visitation, only financial issues can be determined by them. In the 2006 legislative session, the Georgia General Assembly passed Senate Bill 382 and it significantly revised the entire structure...

Liberty County Georgia family law attorneys

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Liberty County Georgia family law attorneys Chatham County adoption lawyer One spouse must have stayed in the State of Georgia for 6 months or Georgia should have been the last domicile of the marriage. Spouses must be considered separated in a legal sense prior to filing for a divorce. Parties may be considered separated even if they are staying in the same house if they are not sharing the same room and/or do not engage in a sexual relationship. If there is agreement between the parties, the divorce is considered uncontested. An uncontested divorce may be granted 31 days after...

Chatham Hill Georgia child custody attorneys

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Chatham Hill Georgia child custody attorneys Savannah GA adoption attorneys Child Custody cases in Savannah Georgia The welfare of children is of major importance to the Court. Neither parent is outright ensured child custody. The court looks at the best interests of the child in deciding the right parent to have child custody. The court looks at many factors at the time of deciding custody. These factors are the age and sex of the child, compatibility with each parent, and the ability of each parent to care for and nurture the child. A child above 14 years of age can...

Savannah GA family law attorney

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Savannah GA family law attorney Liberty County child support attorney Child Support in Chatham Hill GA Under Georgia law both parents are required to support their children until a child reaches the age of twenty, dies, graduates from high school, marries, is emancipated, or joins the military, whichever event happens earlier. The non-custodial parent must pay a reasonable amount of child support to the custodial parent for the childs living expenses. Child support, in addition to a monthly or weekly sum, can also include payments as health insurance and payment of medical and dental expenses. From January 1, 2007, the...

Chatham County GA divorce law firm

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Chatham County GA divorce law firm Chatham County adoption lawyer Divorce and Property in Savannah Georgia A challenging area of divorce is the division of marital property. Marital property is all assets acquired during the marriage, except for assets received by gift from a third party or by inheritance. Each spouse is entitled to an equitable share of all property obtained during the marriage. The Judge will decide on the division of marital property. Marital property will be distributed equitably not necessarily equally amongst the spouses irrespective of how the title to the property is held. There is no set...

Savannah Georgia family attorney

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Savannah Georgia family attorney Chatham County visitation attorney Grounds for divorce in Savannah GA To get a divorce based on one of the twelve "fault" grounds, one must demonstrate that there was some wrongdoing by one of the spouses. For example, one fault ground is adultery. Adultery in Georgia includes heterosexual as well as homosexual relations between a married individual and another individual. Desertion is another “fault” ground for divorce in Georgia. A divorce may be granted on the grounds that an individual has deserted his or her spouse willfully for at least a year. Mental or physical cruel treatment,...