Legal Opinion
Spurlock v. Department of Human Resources
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 15, 2010No. S09A1475PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARLEY, Presiding Justice.
Scott Spurlock (Father) and Lois Spurlock (Mother) were divorced in 2005. Pursuant to the final divorce decree, Father was ordered to pay monthly child support of $1,063. Three years later, he initiated a review of that child support order by the Department of Human Resources (DHR) pursuant to OCGA § 19-11-12. DHR recommended that his child support obligation be reduced to $718 per month, and petitioned the trial court to adopt that recommendation.
The trial court did not fully adopt DHR’s recommendation, but did order that Father’s child support obligation be reduced…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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