Marietta Child Support Lawyers

Cobb County, Georgia Child Support Attorneys

Disputes over child support can be among the most contentious in a divorce. The losses and benefits to each participant are clearly apparent in dollars and cents. The Marietta child support attorneys at Gentry, Smith, Dettmering, Morgan & Schnatmeier, LLP work to ensure that the child support payments you receive are adequate or that the payments you make are fair.

Generally, child support is determined by applying parents' income to a statutory formula.  Parents can seek modification of a child support order. A change in a party's income is the most common reason to seek modification.

Georgia's two-year rule forbids anyone from filing a modification for child support less than two years after his or her last successful modification attempt. However, you can file a modification for child support the day after the divorce decree is issued, and you can be successful.  Additionally, you can file a modification regardless of whether or when your ex-spouse filed for a modification.  The two-year rule applies only to modifications you have sought within the last two years.

When a spouse fails to abide by court-ordered child support, the Marietta child support lawyers of Gentry, Smith, Dettmering, Morgan & Schnatmeier, LLP will help you obtain what you are due.