Garcia v. Garcia

BENHAM, Justice.

We granted the application for discretionary review filed by appellant Christopher Garcia who sought review of the final judgment and decree of divorce which ordered him to make weekly payments for the support of appellee Lisa Garcia’s daughter, who is not the biological child of appellant and was eight years old when appellant and appellee Lisa Garcia were married in 2002.1

A man who is the biological father of a child has a statutory obligation to provide support for the child. OCGA § 19-7-2. A person who adopts a child has a similar duty of support. OCGA § 19-8-19 (a) (2). A…