Family Law

Visitors to the Justice Resource Center’s Family Law section are able to obtain legal forms or information on a variety of family law matters to include paternity establishment, legitimation, custody, visitation, child support, annulment, and divorce. The JRC provides computer systems to complete the child support worksheets.

The Family Law section has legal forms and packets with instructions available to assist with the following family law matters:

• Divorce

• Name Change

• Legitimation

• Contempt

• Child Support Modification

• Visitation

• Separation Agreement

Other forms are available to assist with your family law case:

• Acknowledgement of Service

• Poverty Affidavit

• Rule Nisi

• Affidavit of Diligent Search

Please visit LEGAL FORMS AND INSTRUCTIONS  to access and print family division forms and packets online (there is no charge to access). For assistance with locating your forms please call 404-612-2789.

However, please note that there is a $5.00 fee for most forms and packets obtained from the Family Law Section of the Justice Resource Center to cover reproduction costs. The cost of copies is fifteen cents per page.

The Family Law Section of the Justice Resource Center uses the services of contract attorneys who, on an appointment basis, provide 30 minutes of consultation on domestic legal matters for a nominal fee. The service is available only to individuals who do not currently have legal counsel, and advice may not be provided to anyone when it has been determined that there is a legal conflict.

You can visit the Schedule an Appointment section of the website, or call 404.612.2789 to schedule a 30 minute consultation session with a lawyer.

The Senior Legal Services Program provides attorney consultations on such matters as Social Security, Medicare, home ownership, deeds, property taxes, and probate. This service is only available to Georgians age 60 and older and their caregivers. You can visit the Schedule an Appointment section of the website, or call 404.612.4544 to schedule a consultation session with a lawyer.

Please visit the Business Center of the Justice Resource Center to have your Family Law documents notarized. The Business Center offers notarization of family law documents for free. However, notary services are not available for other types of documents. The Business Center is a self-service location for printing and copying. Payment for printing and copying can be made by cash, coin, debit card, or credit card.

Navigating the legal system can be extremely difficult and confusing. Each case is individualized by its own set of facts; however, there are some basic rules that all cases must follow which this workshop will address. No workshop can teach everything a litigant needs to know about representing him/herself in any legal action, but this workshop is designed to answer some of the basic questions about a divorce, contempt action, paternity, legitimation, and modification actions:

• What information do I need in order to file?

• Are there mandatory forms that I need?

• How do I schedule my case for a hearing?

• What are the operating procedures of the Court?

In addition, some individuals do not have the desire or ability to hire a lawyer to represent them in a traditional fashion, but they may need legal help with a particular issue or portion of their case. Participants of the workshop will be given a list of attorneys who will offer specific, limited legal services at set rates.

There is no cost for the seminar but participants are asked to register in advance.

Click here for more information and to access the registration page. You may also call the Justice Resource Center at 404-612-2789.

Free legal clinics are offered through the Family Law Section of the Justice Resource Center once a month. Call the Family Law Section of the Justice Resource Center to find out the dates, times, and location of the monthly legal clinics, 404-612-2789.

If you are 18 years of age or older and you are the victim of family violence, you can file a petition for a Temporary Protective Order. If you are under 18 and you are the victim of violence, you must find someone who is 18 years of age or older to file the petition for you.

A person can apply for a Temporary Protective Order (TPO) at the following location:

Fulton County Superior Court

THE ONE STOP!

Administrative Office Address:

136 Pryor Street, S.W.

8th Floor, Suite C-826

Atlanta, Georgia 30303

Email : Familydivision@fultoncountyga.gov.

Office Number: 404-613-4579

Fax Number: 404-612-5582