The short answer. A family lawyer in Georgia is easiest to find on legal.ge: describe your situation once in the Ask form and several verified lawyers who handle family matters will reply, or open the civil-law list and pick the profiles that name family law among their fields. More than ten verified specialists on legal.ge take divorce, custody, alimony and marriage matters in Georgia (the country).
Step by step
1: In a few sentences, write what has happened and what you want to change. You need not give names at first.
2: Send it through the Ask form. Each lawyer's reply arrives in its own private chat.
3: Read the replies, then book the lawyer whose answer fits your situation.
4: At the consultation, ask for the plan and the cost of the whole matter in writing.
What to have ready
Documents: marriage certificate, the children's birth certificates, any earlier decision or agreement.
Where everyone lives: you, the other parent or spouse, and the children.
Money: incomes and shared property, as far as you know them.
What is agreed: anything you and the other side have already settled.
Questions worth putting to the lawyer
How do matters like mine usually go, and how long do they take?
Can this be settled by agreement, without a court?
What can be arranged for the children while the matter is open?
What changes if the other side lives abroad?
What do the consultation and the whole matter cost? Published consultation fees for family work on legal.ge run from GEL 100 to GEL 300.
Language and distance
Nearly all of these lawyers work in English, some also in Russian, and most are based in Tbilisi. Much of the preparation happens by video call and chat, which helps if you are not in Georgia right now.
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