CREATING A GEORGIA SHARED PARENTING PLAN AND CHILD SUPPORT CONSIDERATIONS

DEALING WITH THE UNKNOWNS WHEN CREATING A GEORGIA SHARED PARENTING PLAN AND CHILD SUPPORT CONSIDERATIONS

When speaking with your Columbus Muscogee County Georgia family lawyer or your Hamilton Harris County Georgia divorce attorney about support and long range parenting issues there will always be unknowns, especially when dealing with special needs children.
Child support in Georgia domestic relations cases or Department of Revenue Support Enforcement actions provide for support until age eighteen (18). However, there is an exception for children who are not able to become emancipated. That is to say, they will not be able to support themselves or live on their own as a result of a special needs disability.
Does that special needs exception define your child? It is imperative that before your special needs child turns eighteen (18) you must address this matter with your Chattahoochee County Georgia family lawyer or Columbus Georgia child support attorney.
Then there are the unknown factors of planning around longevity issues.
Wise parents handle statistics and medical predictions by:
●Emphasizing that significant medical progress is being made in almost all areas, and that health and longevity are increasing for almost all illnesses.
●Realizing that for all individuals, the future is unknown. Many lives are shortened by unexpected illness and traumatic events.
●Encouraging their children to believe that they have every chance of being one of those children "who fall on the high side of the bell curve because you take such good care of yourself."
●Understanding that the quality of a life is measured not by its length, but by the amount of love, accomplishment, and giving that fills it.
●Understanding that worrying about the future and chewing on the mistakes of yesterday rob both today and tomorrow. The resulting hopelessness, negativity, and worry can shorten lives and certainly diminish the quality of life.
●Believing that those who bravely face life's obstacles build a character that not only leads them to be more capable people and leaders, but sets an example that enhances the lives of all with whom they come in contact.
Theses considerations can form the basis of a former couples shared parenting plan for their special needs child.
While it is true there will be unknowns, all shared parenting plans are subject to modification based upon a substantial change of circumstances that were both unforeseeable at the time of the last custody award and which materially effect the best interests of the minor child.
The Columbus Muscogee County Georgia family and child support lawyers at attorneys at Brawer, Hirsch and Associates, P.A.(www.brawerhirschlaw.com) are available to guide you through the complexities of child support and supplemental petitions for modification of existing support orders or existing time sharing plans.
Brawer, Hirsch and Associates. a multi state law firm licensed to practice in Georgia, Alabama and Florida has been representing the legal needs of divorcing parents of special needs children for almost 40 years. All attorneys are certified Florida Family court mediators and David L. Hirsch is a Florida Circuit Court Arbitrator. Marc Brawer (retired), was a fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, was Board Certified in Family Law and the firm is listed as one of the top 50 Florida Family Law firms per Superlawyers Magazine for 2010. Call today to have your special questions addressed or email dh@bhalaws.com.