Effective Jan. 1, Georgia passed new child support laws that do away with the old formula for calculating support amounts.

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ATLANTA — Hundreds of low-income parents in Georgia whose kids were sent to foster care have been billed years of child support they say they can’t afford, and one mother filed a civil rights lawsuit ...

ATLANTA — Hundreds of low-income parents in Georgia whose kids were sent to foster care have been billed years of child support they say they can’t afford, and one mother filed a civil rights lawsuit ...

However, the new rules in Georgia doesn’t apply to older cases like Martinez’s. The lawsuit also asks the state to stop seeking child support for most children who have aged out of the system or have ...

ATLANTA (AP) — Hundreds of low-income parents in Georgia whose kids were sent to foster care have been billed years of child support they say they can’t afford, and one mother filed a civil rights ...

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