If you are considering divorce and you have minor children, then child custody will likely be a core issue in your divorce. While many people resolve their divorces through settlement (informal or formal mediation), child custody is the one area where things are likely to get contested. In situations like this where emotions run high, mistakes are likely to be made. Hiring one of our experienced Johns Creek child custody lawyers increases your chances significantly of a positive outcome. At a basic level, for child custody you will need to determine physical custody (who has the children physically and how often) and you will need to determine who gets legal decision making in a few critical areas (school, medical, extracurricular and religion). You can either agree with your spouse how physical and legal custody will be resolved or you can go to court have a judge decide.

Similarly to child custody, if you are considering divorce and you have minor children, child support will become a key issue. Child support amounts are generally set by the State of Georgia based on the number of children you have and the parents' combined monthly incomes. The State uses an online child support calculator the determine the monthly child support obligation. While child support can seem procedure heavy and technical, our Johns Creek child support lawyers are intimately familiar with the ins and outs of child support. Our child support lawyers know how to vary the amount of child upward or downward (depending on the circumstances). You don't have to do this alone.

Whether you have minor children or not, you will likely have to think about and consider how you want to resolve the issues of alimony and asset/property division. Not everyone is entitled to alimony. While alimony can be a very complex subject, at a basic level, it boils down to "need vs. the ability to pay." If you can't demonstrate a "need" for alimony it will be much more difficult to argue for alimony. Similarly, if you can show that you don't have the "ability to pay," alimony might not be warranted. One of our experienced Johns Creek alimony lawyers will be able to help you go through a need vs. ability to pay analysis.

Equitable division is the legal term for the division of marital property and debts. Georgia is not a 50/50 state, meaning you will not automatically get half of everything. Only marital property is subject to division. You will need to determine what property is martial and what property is separate (not subject to division in a divorce). Our Johns Creek equitable division lawyers will help you determine what is marital property and help you protect your separate property from the divorce.

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