Georgia Commission on Child Support (GCCS) will review parenting time recommendations Duluth, GA (June 6, 2022) – Equally Present commends the Georgia Commission on Child Support (https://csc.georgiacourts.gov/) for sending the Parenting Time Deviation (PTD) Study Committee Report to the Statute Review Committee for review and further action. In the Report, the Committee recommends that a parenting time adjustment is in the best interest of Georgia’s children. The report is here: https://csc.georgiacourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2022/05/Georgia-2018-PTD-Study-Committee-Report_04-26-2022.pdf

House Bill 96 creates a legal presumption that equal shared parenting is in the child’s best interests unless there is evidence that it is not in a particular case. The bill also requires that judges who determine that equal shared parenting is not in the child’s best interest explain why in their order. Finally, the bill gives the judge more discretion on the age at which to consider the desires of the child. https://legiscan.com/GA/research/HB96/2021