Domestic Violence is among the reasons that a marriage may end in divorce. Georgia has a number of state certified family violence shelters. There are various services that these shelters provide including: Crisis Intervention, confidential shelter, linkage with community activities, children services,… Read More ›
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Child Abuse and Neglect in Georgia
Child abuse and neglect can lead to the termination of parental rights, change of custody and/or criminal charges. If you have knowledge of the abuse or neglect of a minor child, you should report this behavior immediately. You can contact DFCS directly at: Child… Read More ›
Child Custody: Parent vs. Non-parent/Third Party
Georgia law designates non-parents/third parties into two (2) groups: Specified party and Non-specified party. A specified party includes: a grandparent, great-grandparent, aunt, uncle, great-aunt, great-uncle, sibling or adoptive parent. A non-specified party includes all others. The importance of these designations in Georgia Child Custody… Read More ›
Child Custody Modification and Parent Relocation
Oftentimes, the primary physical custodian of a child may decide to move out-of-state for various reasons and take the minor child/ren with him or her. Such a decision frequently causes great distress for the other parent. A divorce decree routinely has… Read More ›
Paternity and DNA Testing (GA)
There are a number of reasons to have the paternity of one’s child established. However, in Georgia, fathers should be mindful that establishing paternity or acknowledging paternity does not give a father, whose child is born out-of-wedlock, legal rights to that child. The child… Read More ›
Paternity/De-legitimation Case Update
The Court of Appeals of Georgia (Second Division), in Williamson v. Williamson, A09A1767, considered a case this year involving former spouses that had a child born while married to each other. A child born during a legal marriage is presumed the legal child of father (husband), unless rebutted. … Read More ›
