DOMESTIC RELATIONS Alimony and Child Support Generally: Provide for the Direct Appeal of Child Support Final Judgments; Lower Annual Interest Rate on Past Due Child Support; Consider Both Parents' Incomes in Child Support Awards; Redefine Definition of Gross Income; Adjust Child Support Awards According to Time Spent with Child; Remove Consideration of Change in Child's Needs in Revising Alimony or Child Support; Remove References to Children and Child Support from Alimony Sections; and for Other Purposes

Authors

Jennifer GoodwinFollow

Document Type

Peach Sheet

Abstract

The Act provides for changes to the calculation of child support to consider the incomes and financial situations of both parents in assessing the child support payment the noncustodial parent will make. The court shall follow worksheets and shall specify in its decrees and judgments any factors and reasons for deviations from the guidelines. The court may adjust child support awards based on the amount of time the noncustodial parent spends with the child. The Act creates the Georgia Child Support Commission, with members appointed by the Governor, to perform the tasks of gathering information relating to child support and reviewing and preparing adjustments to the child support obligation table used in calculating awards.

Recommended Citation

Jennifer Goodwin, DOMESTIC RELATIONS Alimony and Child Support Generally: Provide for the Direct Appeal of Child Support Final Judgments; Lower Annual Interest Rate on Past Due Child Support; Consider Both Parents' Incomes in Child Support Awards; Redefine Definition of Gross Income; Adjust Child Support Awards According to Time Spent with Child; Remove Consideration of Change in Child's Needs in Revising Alimony or Child Support; Remove References to Children and Child Support from Alimony Sections; and for Other Purposes, 22 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. (2005).
Available at: https://readingroom.law.gsu.edu/gsulr/vol22/iss1/7