Practice Areas
At Chambers Family Law, We specialize in cases involving addiction, whether the addict/alcoholic or the codependent; and we represent each with the awareness and knowledge that only personal experience can provide. We treat our clients with dignity and compassion, as they seek to find recovery from addiction or codependency.
Alimony
The most common ground for divorce is irreconcilable differences, and Georgia is not a fault-based state. Fault, such as adultery, can be used as a factor in determining alimony as well as custody cases…
Appellate Work
It is very common for one party to be unhappy with the result of their family law matter leading to the party appealing the trial court’s decision. If you disagree with the decision reached after your trial, you can file an appeal…
Child support
The state of Georgia requires parents to provide their minor children with adequate support and a parent is not permitted to waive a child’s right to receive child support…
Custody (and modifications of custody)
When a couple decides that they will file for a divorce and children are involved, the parents must determine where, with who, and for how much time the children will be allowed to spend with each parent…
Divorce
If you’re beginning the process of divorce, you are most likely overwhelmed by emotion as well as the laundry-list of tasks you must complete in order to complete the divorce process…
Legitimation Actions
In the state of Georgia, a father must file for legitimation to establish legal rights to his child if he is not married to the mother. Only the biological father may do this, and it creates a father-child relationship in the eyes of the law…
Paternity actions
Paternity is the legal process through which a father-child relationship is recognized in the eyes of the law. While married men will have paternity established at a child’s birth, unmarried fathers must have a court-established paternity…
Post-judgment collections/contempt applications
At the core, post judgment means after a judgment has been entered. In most cases, divorce, legal separation, or nullity judgment is entered by the court after the parties reach an agreement or there is a trial on the merits…
Prenuptial agreements
A prenuptial agreement, also known as a “prenup,” is a contract that is agreed upon prior to marriage that divides the couple’s assets in the case of divorce…
Reconciliation agreements
In the state of Georgia, a father must file for legitimation to establish legal rights to his child if he is not married to the mother. Only the biological father may do this, and it creates a father-child relationship in the eyes of the law…