Adoption doesn’t have to be scary when you hire an adoption lawyer
Adoption is a beautiful and rewarding experience, but it can also be a daunting and overwhelming process. However, hiring an adoption lawyer can ease the burden and make the journey less scary.
As adoption lawyers, we are legal professionals who specialize in adoption law and can guide you through the complex legal process, including the legal paperwork and court appearances, ensuring that everything is done correctly and in a timely manner.
What an Adoption Lawyer can help you with:
Working with families seeking to legalize their family unit gives us the opportunity to be a part of a transformative and meaningful experience. We LOVE that for you and us! Adoption is not just a legal process, it’s a journey that brings new families together and creates lifelong bonds. We take great pride in being able to play a small role in this special moment for our clients.
We also appreciate the diversity of the families we work with. Adoption is not a one-size-fits-all process, and we enjoy the challenge of tailoring our services to meet the unique needs of each family. Whether it’s a same-sex couple, a single parent, or a family with a special needs child, we are honored to help make their adoption dream a reality. There’s also more than one type of adoption, including step-parent adoptions, second-parent adoptions, and more.
We take our role in the legal process very seriously. We help ensure that all parties understand their rights and responsibilities in the process. We can also work with an adoption agency or facilitator to make sure that the adoption is legally sound and that all state and federal laws are being followed.
An adoption lawyer can also help you with post-adoption issues, such as changing the child’s name or obtaining a new birth certificate. Adoption attorneys can provide guidance on ongoing legal issues. Should any arise.
At our Atlanta family law firm, we have a deep understanding of the laws and regulations surrounding adoption, and we make sure to stay up to date with any changes in legislation. This ensures that our clients have the most current information and that the adoption process goes as smoothly as possible.
Hiring an adoption lawyer is an investment in the future of your family. We can provide valuable legal advice, representation, and support throughout the adoption process. We know that choosing an attorney you feel comfortable with is a big commitment and a sign of trust. So, pick up the phone, give us a call and we’ll help you with your family expansion.
What can you do if your ex is not paying child support?
Mothers and Fathers are increasingly on equal footing when it comes to custody. Despite progress in efforts to equalize parenting duties, mothers often have the children for more time than fathers, and the father usually ends up paying child support. Not all cases are like this. There are many situations where the Father has primary custody and the mother pays child support.
Still, it’s more common for fathers to pay child support and when tension arises due to visitation or custody time, child support payments are sometimes withheld. Withholding a court-mandated payment, regardless of the reasons, is not advisable and could land someone with a Contempt of Court.
There are cases where a custodial parent intentionally stops the noncustodial (child-support paying) parent from seeing their child(ren). They do this out of spite, anger, or another reason. The noncustodial parent might react by stopping support payments.
Surprisingly for some, child support and child custody are not linked in this way. Child support payments are not conditional on being able to see one’s children. Support payments are court-ordered and unless a modification is ruled on by a judge then they cannot stop being paid. Much the same way that parenting time is ordered by the Court, and should not be stopped unless the Judge modifies the Order.
Your Ex Stopped Paying Child Support. What Now?
If your ex is not paying child support (or paying the full amount of child support) you need to follow a few of these steps. First, make sure you have proof that there’s been a failure to pay. Pull records from your bank including deposits, past payments, and how they usually pay.
Through a family law attorney, you can now go to court. Going to court with this issue usually includes filing a Motion for Enforcement or a Motion for Contempt. You are essentially asking the court to fix the issue. But let your child support family law attorney advise you on which route to take.
What further steps can be taken?
If your ex fails to pay child support (or does not pay it on time) then an income deduction order might be an option to investigate. This means that payments will be directly taken from their paycheck by their employer and provided to the custodial parent. Garnishing wages or income is also a possible course.
A judge can also order for a lien on real estate property. If your ex has assets in real property, like a house or rental unit, then a lien could be put on the title of the property. This causes the potential sale of that property to be encumbered due to their child support debt. If they own a rental property then a judge could ask for the money a tenant pays to be directly paid to you.
Here For You – Atlanta Family Law Professionals
We know that going to court to ask for money is not easy. But it’s your money and you’re simply seeking what was ordered by a judge.
We stand up for our clients. Our decades of combined experience in areas related to Child Support, Divorce, Child Custody, Alimony, and other areas of Family Law is why people trust us.
Give us a call at 1-770-723-7211 today or click here to set up a consultation.
Our firm is based out of Atlanta and we serve throughout the State of Georgia, including but not limited to Fulton, Fayette, Cobb, Douglas, Paulding and DeKalb counties.
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