Child Support in Savannah GA

Child Support in Savannah GA

During a marriage or committed relationship, child custody issues are rarely a ground for concern for the court. However if parents divorce or cease to live together with their children as a family, the courts are usually required to set by decree the amount of child support a non-custodial parent must pay. As with the issue of custody, this can be reached by agreement or by fighting it out in the court. Child support payments in Savannah GA, like alimony, may be incorporated into the divorce judgment or can be provided for in a marital separation agreement. You can avoid making child support a contested issue, and the legal expense of fighting the issue before a judge, by both parents agreeing to the appropriate amount of child support and making this agreement part of a marital separation agreement.

In Savannah GA both parents have the right to ask Office of Child Support Services to review a child support order three years after the order becomes effective, except when substantial change in circumstances can be shown for orders less than three years old. The request must be made in writing to the child support office handling your case. The review can determine that the amount should be less, more or stay the same. Medical insurance may also be added to the order. Child support is not taxable nor deductible. In Savannah GA an obligation to pay child support continues until child support modifications are finalized by a formal order of the court. The spouses cannot agree to change it without court intervention, and it will not change or terminate when a child goes to reside 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 is payable.

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