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How old do you have to be to choose whether you want to live with your mom or your dad under Georgia law?
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∙ 17y ago
18. However the child is always free to make their wishes known to the judge, either in court when custody/visitation is being decided or request a modification to the original order by requesting a meeting with the judge, writing a letter to the judge expressing their wishes, or engaging an attorney or guardian ad litem to speak for them. The judge will take into consideration the wishes of the child, and generally, the older the child and/or the more mature and viable their rationale, the more weight is given to those wishes.
Ultimately, however, the judge will rule depending on what he or she feels would be in the best interests of the child.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 9y agoMinor children are not allowed to choose which parent or person with whom they wish to live. In some instances a judge will speak with a minor child if the child demonstrates the maturity to fully understand the situation.
Judges base custodial issues strictly on what is in the best interest of the child or children and not on the preferences of any of the involved parties (including the child/children in question).
- ** Please note, that GA is the only state where the child basically gets to choose who has custody of them--unless, as stated above, the parent they choose is deemed to be unfit. In every other state, the child's wishes (at a certain age/maturity level) are considered, but the court is not required to abide by them.
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∙ 10y ago18, before they can decide regardless of what anyone else says (and even then, the parent they want to live with has to agree to it).
Courts will generally listen to the child's opinion, but they're not bound by it if they think it's clearly in the child's best interest to live with the other parent.
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∙ 13y agowell since ive been there in that situation the age it happened for me was 8 years old.
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∙ 12y agoI'm not a lawyer, but I read that in some cases 11. I know for sure the age 14. Go to child custody laws in GA.
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∙ 14y agoCheck related question link
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∙ 14y agoage 18
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∙ 17y ago18 only
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∙ 10y agoEighteen.
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