Child Custody

Substance abuse continues to affect many households across Georgia. This is nothing short of tragic, but what’s even more troubling is that many children in these households are exposed to parental substance abuse. The effects of such exposure can be extensive, too,...

Do you feel like your child has suddenly turned against you? Do you suspect that the other parent has played a role in your child’s changed behavior? If you answered “yes” to these questions, then you and your child may be the subject of parental alienation efforts....

Co-parenting brings many challenges, and you may think things will get easier as your children get older, but that does not always happen. As children age, they naturally begin to develop preferences about which parent they want to live with. A common misconception is...

In Georgia, courts make child custody decisions based on the best interests of the child and they take several factors into consideration. Child custody The court will decide whether both parents or only one will have legal custody of the child, which means that they...

An initial child custody dispute can be highly contentious, and the stakes are significant. The order that comes out of that disagreement can shape your child’s future and well-being for years to come, dictating with whom they’ll live, who will make important...

For parents, the subject of child custody raises highly personal and emotional issues. Few things tug at our hearts like our relationships with our children. This is true of both fathers and mothers, but Georgia law favors mothers in certain ways. Married and...

Georgia parents who have endured a divorce involving minor children are tempted to view the entry of the final order as the last nail in a house built by stress and anger. Unfortunately, life is never certain, and the assumptions that underlie even the most carefully...