While this particular set
of facts is fairly uncommon, the case should serve as a stark reminder to payor parents that if you are not paying
child support you could
end up facing a hefty
order for retroactive
child support.
In the
end the court
ordered direct payment
of tuition and books, medical and travel costs costs be paid to the
child plus $ 5,000 a month to the mother as
child support.
This action begins with administrative
orders from the Georgia Division
of Child Support Services and
ends with a petition for contempt
of court which, if successful, allows the court to sanction, fine and jail the non-custodial parent.
After the Notice
of Divorce Proceeding has been published, the Petitioner files either a Decree [No
Child (ren)-RSB-[Service by Publication], DC 6:6 (6) or a Decree [Child (ren)-RSB-[Service by Publication], DC 6:6 (7), whichever is applicable, which, when signed by the judge, ends the marriage, but does not divide property, nor order child support (in the Case of a DC 6:6 (7)-
Child (ren)-RSB-[Service by Publication], DC 6:6 (6) or a Decree [
Child (ren)-RSB-[Service by Publication], DC 6:6 (7), whichever is applicable, which, when signed by the judge, ends the marriage, but does not divide property, nor order child support (in the Case of a DC 6:6 (7)-
Child (ren)-RSB-[Service by Publication], DC 6:6 (7), whichever is applicable, which, when signed by the judge,
ends the marriage, but does not divide property, nor
order child support (in the Case of a DC 6:6 (7)-
child support (in the Case
of a DC 6:6 (7)-RRB-.
If the marriage
ends in divorce, the legal father — not the biological father — could be granted physical or legal custody
of the
child, awarded joint custody, or
ordered to pay
child support, to name a few potential outcomes.