http://www.elprime.com/tracker/family-law/GA.html Family Law Georgia We track thousands of legal websites daily to deliver you prospects actively looking for your legal specialities in Georgia. Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:16:30 -0600 en-us http://www.elprime.com/tracker/subscribe.htm?777777.001 Tue, 04 Aug 2009 11:00:00 -0600 Daily Digest for Attorneys and Legal Professionals You can easily convert prospects actively looking for your legal help or advice to long-term paying customers. Subscribe to full version of this digest and get: - All links revealed, so you will be able to contact your potential customers directly and provide them with help on their legal questions - Daily updates of this digest - Price for monthly subscription is $39.95 USD only! (Click message header to subscribe now) - If you have any questions, suggestions or comments feel free to contact us http://www.elprime.com/tracker/subscribe.htm?777777.001 http://www.elprime.com/tracker/subscribe.htm?477880.001 Mon, 03 Aug 2009 23:18:00 -0600 Marriage, Domestic Partnerships and Other Family Law Matters I have legal guardianship of my granddaughter. I allowed who may be the father of my granddaughter take her for two weeks against my better judgement per my granddaughters mother. He will now not return her. He is not on her birth certificate and paternity has no been determined. They are married but were only together for 1 month. What are my rights as legal guardian and how do I handle getting her back? I would like her in a neutral position and a stable position until this matter can be resolved. Please help!!!! http://www.elprime.com/tracker/subscribe.htm?477880.001 http://www.elprime.com/tracker/subscribe.htm?477800.001 Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:21:00 -0600 Divorce, Separation & Annulment My husband is serving a 30 year sentence for committing a lewd act on our daughter, my question is can I go to the clerk of court in the state where I reside in now and apply for a divorce, will the court grant my the divorce without any problem base on his crime. http://www.elprime.com/tracker/subscribe.htm?477800.001 http://www.elprime.com/tracker/subscribe.htm?477778.001 Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:32:00 -0600 Child Support My child was conceived in 2002 and born in 2003, when I was in high school. Within a month of his conception we broke up and she would not contact me. His mother and family did not permit me to contact my son until spring of 2008 (he was 5 years old). He learned around Christmas of 2008 that I was his real father, his mother was living in South Georgia at the time, he was living in North Georgia with her mother and grandmother. In the last couple of months she got married and moved my son down to South Georgia (at least a 3 hour drive from here). Her husband lost his job and she said that she was getting food stamps and that might somehow cause me to pay child support. Can her applying for food stamps trigger me paying child support? Can she sue me for child support? Some info:I did not sign his birth certificate since I was not allowed to contact him or his mother. I am not and have never been his legal guardian or had custody of him. I am an unemployed college student with absolutely zero income and living in a town with no part time jobs available. She did not allow me to see my son until her boyfriend at the time beat her and was put in prison. Can her applying for food stamps trigger me paying child support? Can she sue me for child support? http://www.elprime.com/tracker/subscribe.htm?477778.001 http://www.elprime.com/tracker/subscribe.htm?477367.001 Fri, 31 Jul 2009 10:01:00 -0600 Child Custody & Visitation BF was awarded custody of his son in March of 07. We moved to PA in Sept 07 (with permission from the courts). Mom of son moved to GA in Dec 07 (I think, a little fuzzy on that date). Mom never changed her address with the courts. Mom has not exercised visitation or kept constant phone contact since she moved. Order was written so that she had to contact son, so that she couldn't say that bf was not calling her to establish contact - judge made this determination since mother had moved over 26 times in 4 years with son, one of the reasons for her losing cusotdy. He hasn't heard from her since before Easter and before that it was July of the previous year. We have kept the same number from FL and have not changed it to a PA number. Mother has both father’s number and my number, neither number has changed, email addresses have stayed the same also. Although a separate issue, it ties into a later question - Mother has a warrant out for failing to complete a parenting class during her divorce of her second child's father (that father has custody of that son also, he has a no contact order in place on that order). Father (BF) is filing contempt on non-payment of child support. Mother's driver's license was suspended in 07 and has not been reinstated. To date, she has not paid a single penny on cs, and has not filed anything for a modification to lower (she says she is unemployed, but he doesn’t believe she has been unemployed for the full 2 years). $7000 in unpaid cs, no reimbursement of any medical expenses (there haven't had any big ones, just out of pocket co-pays and he could care less if those are reimbursed, he hasn't sent any notice of those either, since he doesn't have address for her) BF and I traveled out of the country for vacation. We found out, unpleasantly, that the original order of protection that she filed against him 6 years ago, flagged his passport. He had to have a full inspection and questioning. When he received custody, they "consolidated" the order of protection that she filed with the paternity suit. How would he have the order of protection dismissed without it affecting the paternity suit? He was informed at the airport that until this is taken care of, he will have to go through this every time he travels. His son was not with us during this trip, since bf doesn’t have a passport for him (another issue). The last contact with mom was around Easter was BF asking for permission to get son a passport. He had to email her through myspace. She said no. He told her that he will request it through the courts and they can make the determination. BF has family in Europe that would like us to visit and they would pay for kids’ tickets if we pay for ours (yay!). (There are 2 kids, his with ex, and our 1 together) His questions are: How would he have the order of protection dismissed without it affecting the paternity suit? Will he be able to file a "vacate order of protection", a "contempt of child support", a "request to move jurisdiction" and "request for child passport" in the same motion? He would like to have everything taken care of in one shot. He has a lawyer in FL and BF will fly down for the hearing. For obvious reasons, he would like to have the jurisdiction changed to avoid having to do this in the future since neither him nor mom live in FL any longer. Additionally, how will her warrant affect her being served and able to appear for court? Will she be arrested when they serve her since it is active, or will they wait until after she appears for court? Our lawyer told him that IF she isn't arrested when served, then he would alert the magistrate or sheriff (not sure what they are called in the courthouse) so that they can take care of that after my BF has left the courtroom after the hearing. He doesn’t want her arrested, but the warrant does not involve him. If he hadn’t had to be strip searched and probed then he would have continued life without having to “stir the pot” in the first place, but since we have plans to continue traveling, and he would like to include their son in those plans, he will have to go to court regardless. http://www.elprime.com/tracker/subscribe.htm?477367.001 http://www.elprime.com/tracker/subscribe.htm?477364.001 Fri, 31 Jul 2009 09:51:00 -0600 Child Custody & Visitation I have a very confusing question. I am stationed in North Carolina, my sons live with their mother in the state of Georgia. I have visitation with them over Christmas, and 1 month during the summer. My 17 year old wants to return, no problem with that, and my son that is almost 16 wants to stay. Their visitation is almost over and I have been told that I can not force him to go back if he wants to stay. My original custody case is in the state of Kentucky where we divorced. Nothing has been changed since 2003 when she moved to Georgia. All I did then was allow her to move out of the state by signing the court paper. It seems like alot, but I am willing to go back to court and file the necessary actions to get him to stay, but school will be startig very soon, and I would much rather he start here than go back and end up switching later. He approached me with this so I don't know what to tell him? Thank you for your time. http://www.elprime.com/tracker/subscribe.htm?477364.001 http://www.elprime.com/tracker/subscribe.htm?477230.001 Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:40:00 -0600 Adoption I am a US citizen (born in the US) and moved to the US from India 4 years ago. My uncle from North Carolina became my legal guardian with consent of my parents. I went to high school in NC and now go to college (out of state) at Georgia Tech. I still list myself as a legal resident of NC. The question I have is this: I am 19 years old, an adult- but am I still considered a legal dependent of my uncle? Can I still call North Carolina my legal residence since my uncle lives there? If so, what is the age limit until I become an "independent"? http://www.elprime.com/tracker/subscribe.htm?477230.001 http://www.elprime.com/tracker/subscribe.htm?477144.001 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 22:27:00 -0600 Marriage, Domestic Partnerships and Other Family Law Matters My daughter is legally married to who may or not be the father of her daughter. She gave me guardianship for a couple of months till she could get on her feet. She has allowed her estranged husband to see her daughter and he will now not return her. Paternity has not been established. He has contacted an attorney and has a court date to gain custody. Is he obligated to her return her to me since I have guardianship? Can he take this child without knowing paternity and not return her? He will not give his where a bouts only when the court date is. He has also left the State of Georgia where I have guardianship of her. We have called the police and they have not been any help. What are our options?????? http://www.elprime.com/tracker/subscribe.htm?477144.001 http://www.elprime.com/tracker/subscribe.htm?477010.001 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 09:49:00 -0600 Marriage, Domestic Partnerships and Other Family Law Matters I have a husband who is taking a Criminal case to trial we both got caught doing a burglary and i was wondering if it is lawful for me to testify against him??? I really dont want to Testify but the courts are makeing it a part of my probation to testify against him is their a law protecting him from me testifying???? http://www.elprime.com/tracker/subscribe.htm?477010.001 http://www.elprime.com/tracker/subscribe.htm?476895.001 Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:31:00 -0600 Child Custody & Visitation What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Georgia I know a guy who didn't know he had a kid for 9 years. After nine years this woman finds him on the internet and says he's the father of her kid. Her and her husband got a divorce, the man who played father to her son for the past nine years. She was falling on hard times and needed some money. Then nothing. A few months later she was falling on hard times again, contacted him and told him she wanted money. It seems like close to a year passes and then there she is again "I lost my job and need money" but this time is threatening with a paternity test. She tries to put a guilt trip on him and tell him it's his fault he didn't know and that he's done nothing for the boy. He had no idea, and being told years after the fact didn't know for sure, and all she wanted was money..didn't sound legit. So he told her he would take the paternity but if he was the father he wanted rights to make decisions and wanted to know his son, even if it meant fighting for some sort of custody. He has been advised by a lawyer to do nothing until he gets a letter in the mail summoning him to take a paternity test. She continues to send threatening emails like we can go to court and you'll end up paying all my fees and then you'll pay me more in child support and try to make him feel guilty, and then tries to say that if he just sends her $150 a month she'll leave him alone. He doesn't want to be blackmailed every time she decides that amount needs to go up and he's tired of being harassed with her emails. It's putting a lot of stress on him and taking his focus off work. What kinds of rights does he have? Is there anything he can do? http://www.elprime.com/tracker/subscribe.htm?476895.001 http://www.elprime.com/tracker/subscribe.htm?476864.001 Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:55:00 -0600 Child Custody & Visitation My ex-wife moved into her parents home about a month ago. After she moved in, one of her family members found a glass pipe. They confronted my ex-wife and wanted her to take a drug test. She waited from the day they wanted her to take the test (Friday) until three days later (Monday). She took the test and tested positive for Crystal Meth. Her family confronted her and demanded that she go to a drug rehab center named Ridgeview. When she refused and left the house, her parents decided that she could not live in their home until she went to Ridgeview for help. My ex-wife currently has physical custody of our son. Her family and I feel like she is obviously unfit. Her behavior has been suspicous for years. Our divorce took place in Cobb County with Judge Grubbs presiding. What do I need to do to get the custody changed to make me sole custodian and possibly force her to attend Ridgeview (or equivalent) for help? Can I use the drug test obtained last week as proof along with my ex-wife's parents testimony? http://www.elprime.com/tracker/subscribe.htm?476864.001 http://www.elprime.com/tracker/subscribe.htm?476686.001 Mon, 27 Jul 2009 11:50:00 -0600 Child Custody & Visitation I currently live in Bibb Co (Macon), GA. I need to leave my husband ASAP. I don't want to put my children in a situation where they are pulled back & forth. In order to get out of this situation, I need to leave the state. I have been isolated away from anyone that can offer me support (family, friends, church). My husband works a job where he is on call 24/7. I am the sole caregiver. I would NEVER consider leaving my children here. I need to know if I can take my children & leave this situation... meaning, leaving the state. Can he say I kidnapped them? Can he get them back? http://www.elprime.com/tracker/subscribe.htm?476686.001 http://www.elprime.com/tracker/subscribe.htm?476281.001 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 09:09:00 -0600 Divorce, Separation & Annulment Back in Feb. my husband decided he no longer wanted to be with me. So he left and left me the house. The only problem is I can't really afford it but I had no choice but to keep he. He told me either we foreclose on the house or I find a roommate. He makes a lot more money than me and could easily afford the keep the house but he chose to walk away. What rights do I have in this matter? We don't have kids and I can't sell the house, not in this economy. Sadly, even if I did sell I have no where else to go. Can I file an abandonment charge? Will alimony be possible? If so, where is the best place to go? http://www.elprime.com/tracker/subscribe.htm?476281.001 http://www.elprime.com/tracker/subscribe.htm?476200.001 Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:02:00 -0600 Child Support My husbands divorce papers state that he is ordered to pay 30% of his pay which equals 840.00 dollars per month.It also states in his papers that he should pay 210.00 dollars per week on every Friday.My question is in the months that have 5 weeks does he have to pay the 5th week or not because he has already paid the 840.00 in the 4 weeks. http://www.elprime.com/tracker/subscribe.htm?476200.001 http://www.elprime.com/tracker/subscribe.htm?476183.001 Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:23:00 -0600 Marriage, Domestic Partnerships and Other Family Law Matters I will be getting married in Georgia, USA. I am Catholic and my Fiancee is Baptist. She is set on having an outdoor wedding. We both agreed on having two seperate ceremonies. The first wedding would be in a Catholic church and the 2nd ceremony would by done by a seperate officiant. Now, my fiancee wants the marriage license date to match the 2nd ceremony. Is that possible? http://www.elprime.com/tracker/subscribe.htm?476183.001 http://www.elprime.com/tracker/subscribe.htm?476100.001 Thu, 23 Jul 2009 08:24:00 -0600 Child Custody & Visitation GEORGIA A final order in my custody case was signed on July 6, 2009. How many days does the other party have from the date of the signed order to file a Motion for Reconsideration. Someone told me it is 10 days and I see that is the rule in the Court of Appeals for GA, but cannot find the 'rule' in the Uniform Superior Court Rules. Is it really 10 days? Thank you in advance. http://www.elprime.com/tracker/subscribe.htm?476100.001 http://www.elprime.com/tracker/subscribe.htm?476099.001 Thu, 23 Jul 2009 07:31:00 -0600 Child Custody & Visitation My husband and i have had physical primary custody of his son for about 10 yrs now. He is 14 yrs old now. We moved from SC to GA 2 yrs ago with her permission to taking the child with us and she signed a witnessed paper stating so that we handled outside of court. She is taking us back to court for her to get custody...long story short. She is a convicted felon..she had a meth lab in her home. She has a hx of drug issues. she spent 18 months in prison and got out 06/06...has a history of being unstable. Has lived with her boyfriend now of 2 yrs (not married) even though our court papers state she can not have any over night guests of the opposite sex without being married. She is not consistant in her visitation. within the last year, the child told us that she told him she was selling pills to make gas money to come get him, there is long list of issues. In the last year or so, the child wants to go live with his mother, he has been in alot of trouble here. He was staying the night with a friend and did some vandelism, has been charged, is now a convicted felon himself, is on probation, has been on house arrest, we have done all we can do to keep him on the right path, he spent 13 days in a adolescent facility for his depression, anger, etc....did really, really well. Now that he is out of there, off house arrest and has visited his mother again, he has taken 10 steps backwards. what are the chances that she could actually get him back? Will he have a large say it what happens? does she have to prove us unfit to get him? and all the trouble that he has been in look bad on us even though we have done all we can do to correct it. and if she does what happens to the $4,000 + that she owes in back child support? will we have to pay her? We go to court in a week or so and we can not afford a lawyer right now with the hospital bills, medication bills, paying for the classes that he had to take, and paying the probation officer. http://www.elprime.com/tracker/subscribe.htm?476099.001 http://www.elprime.com/tracker/subscribe.htm?475860.001 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:50:00 -0600 Alimony & Spousal Support My ex wife and I agreed to a 3 year spousal support plan. It hasn't been a full 2 years since the agreement and she is getting married again. Do I have fill out the rest of the term on the spousal support plan?What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? http://www.elprime.com/tracker/subscribe.htm?475860.001 http://www.elprime.com/tracker/subscribe.htm?475855.001 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:32:00 -0600 Child Custody & Visitation I am desperate mom, I don’t know what to do or where to go, I filed for divorce in November 2007, I moved with my baby son, who was 18 months at that time and for 1.5 years his dad had visitation every other weekend, he helped with some child support, a total of $1500 total during that period of time. He was unemployed for 8 months on 2007, got a job, moved out a state for 4 months until he got fired again, now is a waiter. Moved in the house we had together with his mistress.His parents bought the house for him, i left everything and run away to a hotel because he had threated me he will take my baby away since I was pregnant I had to work very hard to provide for my baby, as much over time I could. Finally court date came and after 7 hours hearing, judge took some time in “advice” and 3 weeks later he ruled to take my baby away from me and have visitation and pay a ridiculous child support. we have joint custody and i am the NCP My ex, lied so much in court was “a drama queen” and his ability to create stories was shown, he knew how to play the system, he accused of everything but could not probe anything, just some witnesses that lied with him too. I filed a motion for new trial/ reconsideration, but the judge denied again! Nobody that knows me could understand why this judge took this decision Of course I missed my baby so much; he is being exposed to meretricious environment. Dad just uses him to hurt me. I need help, i can't pay that child support, there is no OVertime available and I need more time with my babyWhat is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? http://www.elprime.com/tracker/subscribe.htm?475855.001 http://www.elprime.com/tracker/subscribe.htm?475854.001 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:15:00 -0600 Alimony & Spousal Support My ex wife and I agreed to a 3 year spousal support plan. It hasn't been a full 2 years since the agreement and she is getting married again. Do I have fill out the rest of the term on the spousal support plan? http://www.elprime.com/tracker/subscribe.htm?475854.001 http://www.elprime.com/tracker/subscribe.htm?475463.001 Sat, 18 Jul 2009 17:30:00 -0600 Divorce, Separation & Annulment I live in Georgia and going through a diveorce. My soon to be ex is claiming adultry because I had been seen going to lunch with a female and on my phone bill there is a number for a female. It that enough proof to use? Thanks bb http://www.elprime.com/tracker/subscribe.htm?475463.001 http://www.elprime.com/tracker/subscribe.htm?475442.001 Sat, 18 Jul 2009 13:21:00 -0600 Child Custody & Visitation I, and my ex, are in Georgia. He has full physical custody of my daughter, while we have joint legal custody. I get visitation every 2 weeks. My ex has lost his job; he just called me and told me that he plans on taking our daughter to Tennessee with him, so he can be closer to his new internet GF. To explain why I lost custody, as succinctly as I can: My ex abused me and my daughter. I got the worst of it, thank God. It was mostly verbal, emotional and sexual (on my part); I never got hospitalized. He did once leave bruising on DD as a baby, and my mother got a pic of it. I ended up in a very bad place after 4 years of this. I realized I was having thoughts of suicide, and I took action on it. After spending 6 weeks in a residential treatment program, I was able to tell the ex that I wanted a divorce. I am fine now. I've since remarried, and everything is just fine. Basically, everything that could go wrong did go wrong. Ex's first attorney ended up being a good friend of the judge; judge threw out TPO and tossed out all my allegations of abuse as "I'm pretty sure the plaintiff was making it up". When shown the bruising picture, he replied that I could've photoshopped it. So it ended up going from abused woman trying to flee with her daughter to crazy lady who'd been in a psych hospital against nice, stand-up guy who had a job and insurance. (He hadn't allowed me to work.) My husband and I have very little money; I'm back in school going for a nursing degree. Ex wants to move my daughter to TN, and I am heartbroken. Can anyone tell me what rights I have in this situation? Thank you... http://www.elprime.com/tracker/subscribe.htm?475442.001 http://www.elprime.com/tracker/subscribe.htm?475278.001 Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:02:00 -0600 Grandparent’s Rights Just to give you an idea of how bad the grandparent visitation situation was prior to Troxel, I thought I would share this story. This happened in FL, about a year before the FL Supreme court declared their gpv statutes to be unconstitutional. Mom and dad divorced, dad disappeared for 6 years. Mom had a cordial relationship with the paternal gps and they saw the child regularly, but not more than a half dozen times a year. The paternal gps were divorced. Mom met a man and remarried, and the paternal gps panicked. They assumed mom would shut them out and have her husband adopt the child. So they served her with a suit for gpv on her WEDDING day. The also hunted down their son and bribed him to come home and file for visitation. The judge combined the two cases and ordered a GAL to investigate. The GAL felt that the child had a good relationship with the grandparents and deserved a relationship with the father, so the GAL recommended that mom retain primary custody, but that each grandparent get one weekend a month and one weekday overnight a week, and that the father get one weekend a month and one weekday overnight a week as well. That left mom, the parent with primary custody, 1 day a week and one weekend a month! So, that meant that the child would sleep at a different house every night of the week, and a different house every weekend. A GAL RECOMMENDED this...that was the climate of gpv then. Luckily the judge said that was ridiculous, and ordered that the gps and the father share every other weekend and one night a week...which ended up being very confusing for both the child, and the grandparents and father, because they had a hard time keeping track of whose turn it was to have the child. Also, grandparents frequently, in all states, sued for visitation of all existing and FUTURE grandchildren, and frequently got orders for such. Now, thanks to grass roots efforts of some parent's rights groups, we were whittling away at those laws, one state at a time, and making considerable progress, but thank god for Troxel. I think that PA is the only state in the US whose laws have not been either struck down, stuck down and revised, or just revised. http://www.elprime.com/tracker/subscribe.htm?475278.001 http://www.elprime.com/tracker/subscribe.htm?475244.001 Fri, 17 Jul 2009 07:11:00 -0600 Child Support Georgia My ex girlfriend is 2 months pregnant. We are both unemployed and living separately. I am paying her rent, and driving her to doctors appointments. She is going to be receiving state aid soon for food and medical expenses. My question is- what are my legal obligations at this time before the child is born?What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? http://www.elprime.com/tracker/subscribe.htm?475244.001