All divorce cases in Chatham County, Georgia should go through some kind of court proceeding. Even if both spouses agree about how to divide their property and handle custody, visitation, and support issues, a judge will still have to grant the divorce. In many states, divorce cases, contested and no-fault are handled by a special court generally known as “family court,” “domestic relations court,” or “divorce court.” These courts generally deal with only family-related cases including divorce, child custody and support, and even, adoption. Divorce in Chatham County, Georgia is stressful for both spouses and the children. The stakes are higher when there are children from the marriage. Divorce in Chatham County, Georgia has tax consequences. If you receive spousal support, you should report it as taxable income. If you are giving spousal support, you can deduct it. If you get spousal support, you must plan for the potential tax consequences of the income. Unlike an employer, your earlier spouse won’t hold back any taxes from your support payment. You must deduct spousal support payments on your income tax return, but not child support or property distributions. You can, also, make spousal support payments nontaxable and nondeductible if goes both ways and you both agree by stating as much in your marital settlement agreement. You should consider doing this if the spouse getting support is in a higher tax bracket than the paying spouse or if the paying spouse doesn’t need the tax deduction and the recipient spouse doesn’t want to report the income.

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