What Are The Laws In Georgia For Changing A Child

Laws in Georgia about brother and sister sleeping in same room?

There is NO such law in Georgia. It is "frowned" upon for siblings of the opposite sex to share a room once they become old enough to be interested in how the other person is different, the commonly accepted age is 5 for curiosity to over take the child.

My husband was seeking custody of his 5 year old son and one of the things brought up was that a 5year old boy, 7 year old boy, and a 10 year old girl were all sharing one bedroom at the mother's place. We were told that there is no law against this, but it is severely frowned upon and would be given GREAT weight when deciding who had the better home environment for the child.

There were about a million other "inappropriate" things going on from her live in boyfriend to the children not getting to school even close to on time more than 100 times in the school year, but ultimately my husband did get custody of his 5 year old.

At 2 and 9 months there is no harm, and no law being broken. However, I urge you to move them when they become curious about the other ones body parts and how they are different. For now tell the in laws to call DFCS and to file for grandparents rights, because if they keep interfering in your parenting you can cut off all ties with them, and they will have to seek visitation through the courts.

Good luck!

Moving from Georgia to Idaho, help with child custody law?

At the age of 14, the child's wishes are considered by the court, but she can not decide on her own.

As long as the terms of your custody agreement allow it and you maintain all other terms (visitation, etc), then he normally can't stop you. If the move will require changing of those terms (for example, weekend visitation will not be feasible), then you will either need to re-deifne the agreement with him or go to court.

HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO CHANGE MY CHILDS LAST NAME IN GA?

No, you don't have to go through an attorney at all. He would just be doing all the work for you, making it easier for you to just show up and get the name changed.

It is free to change the last name of a child during the course of a family court proceeding. There is, however, a fee for filing for a name change, but it won't amount to more than $200. You can call and ask beforehand if you wish.

You go to the courthouse and file a petition for name change, return for your court date, go before a judge, answer a few questions related to your motivation for the name change (to avoid debts or obligations, for any fraudulent purposes, for example). If the judge is satisfied, he/she will grant your petition and instruct you to see the Clerk, where you may secure a number of copies of the court order granting your petition. The school district will probably need one, the pediatrician's office may need to see a copy in order to update her medical records accordingly. I should note that not all cases are seen before a judge, one of my friends had their name changed and all they had to do was file the papers and get it approved. This occurred in a different state from GA though.

If the child is under the age of one year and the bio father will sign a ‘Paternity Acknowledgment’ [PA], then all you have to do is present the signed, notarized PA and assuming you were not married to anyone within the 10 months prior to the birth of the child or another father is listed on the birth record, you can have the birth certificated amended. All this will cost is $15.00 for amending the birth certificate and $15.00 for each additional copy.

How do you change your name in Georgia? How much does it cost?

Hi fellow Georgian, i don't think it costs anything other than paper work fees, but i think its better to confront your problems than run away from them, also your have to go court to give reasons for changing your name

Name change for minor in Georgia without consent of father?

From what you stated about the law, there are two choices. You stated
them as an 'either/ or' situation. That would appear to make the change
an easy thing. However, there are other laws that can come into this.

Basically, under the general law of the land, what you want to do would
not be allowed as the natural parent of a child has a right to any major
decision in the life of that child. Another thing that tends to interfere is
that the state is charging him support for the child.

I don't know the exact wording of the laws there, or even any other
laws in your state that may have some bearing on this situation,
but I would think it can be a very sticky one where you could get
into trouble to bypass any formal procedure with this. Your best bet is
to consult with an attorney that is well versed in family law there. He
may be able to best advise you, and also may be able to tell you a
way that you could handle it yourself. (If there is such a way.)

If you wait until he is 18, he would be able to petition the court himself
to do this name change issue. The courts do listen more if the child
has attained 18 years of age. However, the state may have input due
to money being paid through them from the father. Should the child
not receive any state help from such payments, and he is 18, he has
every right to change his name through the court. As long as the state
is providing help to you for the child it is not always an easy task to
make such a name change. You also must remember that even though
an 18 year old person is given some latitude as an adult, the definition
of a minor is a male, or female person who has not yet attained the age
of 21. Only certain parental liabilities are relieved at 18 and above.