News Update

New Release of Child Support Guidelines' Calculators--Electronic Worksheets!

On April 17, Release B of the Child Support Electronic Worksheets became available on the host site: https://services.georgia.gov/dhr/cspp/do/public/SupportCalc.  As before, you can also access the host site from the Child Support Commission website: www.georgiacourts.org/csc.

Release B includes the release for the first time of the Guided Worksheet.  This is the version that was primarily developed for pro se litigants and those with not much familiarity with the Child Support Guidelines.  The litigant will answer a series of questions, and their responses will populate the appropriate field on the worksheet and schedules.

Release B also brings about a number of changes to the Judges' and Practitioner's versions of the Web Based Electronic Worksheet.  Some of these changes are stylistic, in that you enter the parties' information first, then the child's information, then you enter the actual worksheet.

The downloadable Excel has also been revised slightly.  Thus, you will need to delete the version you have saved on your hard drive, and download/replace with this new release.

Here are some other features:

*More maneuverable between worksheet and schedules.
*The links to add Preexisting Orders and Other Qualified Children are now found on Schedule B and no longer on the Worksheet. The new design of other qualified children also provides a way to temporarily remove a child from the calculation.
*Help Functionality has been added through links and provides useful information.
*There are more detailed instructions on the Review and Signature pages to help users understand the review or submission process.
*The judge version now has a "Release" feature that allows the judge to review and release a calculation back to the pro se litigant, OCSS staff or private attorney.  Edits can then be made by that user and the calculation can be submitted once again to the judge for final review.  This feature works well for cases that are continued with work needed on the calculation.
*Additional lines were added on the Child's page for the Special Expenses for Child Rearing that display on Schedule E.
*The Uninsured Health Care Expenses percentage on the worksheet is now editable.
*Enhancements were made to Schedule E, Lines 2(b) - 11 for Non-specific Deviations.  All amounts entered on those Lines now total on Line 11.  Amounts entered should be actual amounts requested for the deviation.  The judge can use columns 'c' and 'd' to change the deviations in this section by activating the check box on Line 11.
*The judge's version allows for statutory discretion on Lines 11 and 14 of Schedule E.  These additional fields cannot be viewed by anyone other than the judge.
*The Excel calculator has also been updated.  Anyone using this version of the calculator should immediately download the new version using the links on the web page.

If you have any other questions or need assistance with these new releases, please contact   Jill Radwin at radwinj@gaaoc.us

Admission Pro Hac Vice, New Uniform Rule of Superior Court 4.4

1. Pursuant to the recently revised Uniform Rule of the Superior Court 4.4, which became effective Nov. 10, the Office of the General Counsel of the State Bar has an integral role in out-of-state attorneys' applications for temporaray apperances in State and Superior Courts in Georgia (i.e., Admission Pro Hac Vice).

Pro hac vice applicants should serve a copy of their notarized applications on the Office of the General Counsel. The application fee for each application is $200, and can be paid by check or money order to the State Bar of Georgia. There is no prescibed form for the application.

Applicants should deliver a copy of the application and the fee to:

Office of the General Counsel
State Bar of Georgia
104 Marietta St., NW, Suite 100
Atlanta, GA 30303

If you have questions or concerns, please contact the Office of the General Counsel at the above address or at 404-527-8720.