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This all depends on the complexity of the divorce and whether or not the two parties are willing to come to an agreement concerning separation of assets, alimony, child support, custody and visitation. If the two parties filing divorce are willing to come to an agreement known as an uncontested divorce. The process is much faster and can be completed within two to three months from the date the paperwork is submitted to our firm. However, if the two parties filing for divorce fail to come to an agreement before trial, the process can take much longer. This is known as a contested divorce. When this happens a judge will make the final decisions as far as distribution of marital assets, child support, custody, visitation alimony, and any other request made by both parties filing for divorce.

In most cases, it is a good idea to retain an attorney. If you have a child or children, it is difficult for anyone to adequately and correctly resolve a divorce without legal assistance. If you do not have a child or children and have few assets, you may be able to file the divorce without legal assistance. There are forms located on Fulton County Family Law website, www.fultoncourt.org, which can be very helpful for a simple divorce with no kids and minimal assets. These forms can also be used in other metro Atlanta County such as Cobb, Cherokee, Forsyth, Gwinnett or Hall.

A settlement agreement is the document that the parties sign in order to resolve issues relating to a divorce or other family law matter, including custody, visitation, child support, alimony, or separation of property It is important your attorney properly drafts the agreement to not only protect your rights but to also ensure the intent of the agreement is enforced at any subsequent contempt actions.

The IRS allows the party who has physical custody of the child/children more than 50% of the time to take the tax credit for the children. However, the parties can agree that the non-custodial parent can take the tax deduction.

Georgia law does not allow a court to prevent a party from having primary custody or visitation with his or her child or children simply because he or she had an affair. The affair is considered an issue separate from visitation. In general, unless the cheating spouse is seeking alimony or is exposing the child or children to inappropriate conduct or people, affairs do not carry much weight with a court. A court is more interested in fairly dividing the property and deciding custody and child support issues.