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Evolving Georgia Child Custody Laws
By Rhonda Conners
Determining the custody of your children in the state of Georgia just became a little more
cumbersome for divorcing parents. As of January 2008, children age 14 or older of divorcing parents
can no longer determine which parent they want to live with. In further attempt by the court to foster a
cooperative relationship between the parents after divorce, it is now mandated by Georgia state
divorce law that parents of minor children in every divorce case must submit a detailed parenting plan
to the Georgia family court for approval.
There are specific requirements to the content of the child custody parenting plan in Georgia which
include which of the parents will retain physical custody of the child(ren), where the child(ren) will be
every day during the year, how transportation will be handled including how the children will be
exchanged between parents, where exchanges are to take place and which parent will pay for the cost
of transportation. While many Georgia Family Law judges already required many of these stipulations
be placed in a Settlement Agreement, this new procedures now make the process more uniform
throughout the state. Additionally, by forcing a Settlement Agreement to contain so many specific
requirements, proponents argue that there will be considerably less room for future dispute as to
agreements being unclear or vague.
In line with these changes, also required in the parenting plan are how major decisions about the
child's religion, health, extracurricular activities, education, and emergencies will be made along with
how disagreements pertaining to th