A judge told Georgia: stop billing parents for children already back home
Judge Tiffany R. Johnson ordered Georgia to stop charging parents child-support fees for children no longer in state custody. Annalinda Martinez, billed $500 a month since 2019, had racked up more than $13,000 in debt long after her children came home. The ruling stops the billing for families across the state while the case continues.
The upbeat factorThe upbeat factor: a courtroom said the obvious — families shouldn't pay for children already back home — hope in a gavel.
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