Divorce Attorneys - Child Custody, Legal Guardians & Visitation Modification in Atlanta & Georgia

Trying to handle a child custody issue alone is a very risky proposition.  Handling a child custody modification is even more difficult.  The divorce lawyers at Meriwether & Tharp will work hard to protect your child's best interests.

Generally, the law requires a substantial change in circumstances in order to modify custody.  These types of changes include, but are certainly not limited to, where one spouse is moving a great distance from another spouse, one spouse has alcohol or drug abuse problems, or where a child has reached an age where the court will listen to their preferences and they wish to seek a change in their living arrangements.

While the factors involved in determining whether to modify child custody are similar to the factors involved in determining initial custody you have the additional burden of demonstrating that there needs to be a change in the ongoing custody arrangement.  This can be an extremely difficult burden to carry for a party seeking to modify custody and one in which it is strongly advised you seek the help of a trust legal advisor like the ones at Meriwether & Tharp.

If you are not the primary caretaker of your children, we understand how important it is that you have liberal visitation rights with them.  Conversely, we also understand the need to protect children from certain types of visitation (for example unsupervised visitation) if the non-custodial parent has demonstrated that he or she cannot be fully trusted with your children.