From its central location in midtown Atlanta, Hoelting & McCormack LLC offers a unique blend of focus, efficiency, case-specific strategy and client-oriented services in all areas of family law. We represent our clients in family law matters in all metropolitan Atlanta counties, including, but not limited to, Fulton, Dekalb, Cobb, Gwinnett, and Forsyth Counties.
Hoelting & McCormack
Family Law Areas of Practice:
- Divorce
- Child Custody and Parenting Time Modification
- Child Support Modification
- Paternity
- Legitimation
- Guardian Ad Litem
- Prenuptial and Postnuptial Agreements
- Mediation
- Family Law FAQ
Divorce
Divorce is the legal dissolution of a marriage through judicial approval of a settlement agreement or through final trial. Divorce permits parties to live wholly separately and to remarry.
Child Custody and Parenting Time Modification
Because families evolve over time, custody and parenting time arrangements must often be revisited and revised through a custody modification action.
Child Support Modification
Changes in a party’s ability to pay and / or the needs of a child may lead to the need for a child support adjustment through a child support modification action.
Paternity
When a child is born out of wedlock, a father must be judicially determined to be his or her biological parent before he can be ordered to pay child support. This determination takes place in the form of a paternity action.
Legitimation
In Georgia, the gateway to custodial rights for fathers of children born out of wedlock comes in the form of a legitimation action. The primary purpose of a legitimation action, however, is to permit your child born out of wedlock to inherit from you through Georgia’s intestacy laws, should you die without a will.
Guardian Ad Litem
Both founding partners at Hoelting & McCormack, LLC are trained Guardian ad Litems. Guardian ad Litems are individuals who are appointed by a court to represent a child’s best interests in a contested custody action.
Prenuptial and Postnuptial Agreements
Prenuptial and postnuptial agreements are contracts through which parties attempt to resolve what will happen, financially, in the context of any divorce. Prenuptial contracts are executed before the marriage takes place, and postnuptial agreements are executed after the marriage takes place.
Mediation
Mediation is the process through which parties attempt to resolve their family law dispute amicably and outside of the courtroom with the help of a third party intermediary known as a mediator. The mediator cannot give legal advice and cannot render a ruling, but he or she facilitates communication and compromise between both sides. Founding partner Rebecca Hoelting is a trained and experienced mediator.