Teresa M. Garcia
Family Law, Divorce and Adoptions
Teresa Garcia's practice concentrates in the field of Family Law and Adoptions. She handles contested and uncontested divorces, child custody, child support, alimony, visitation, paternity/legitimation, amendment of birth certificates, name changes, enforcement of judicial orders, post-judgment agreements, family violence protective orders and prenuptial agreements.
Ms. Garcia handles contested and uncontested adoptions for relative adoptions, step-parent adoptions, independent adoptions (where adoptive parents are not related to the child), agency adoptions, adult adoptions, domestication of foreign adoptions, and re-adoptions.
She represents clients in all metro-Atlanta counties including the outer counties of Georgia. She is fluent in Spanish.
- Divorce
- Collaborative Law, Contested Divorce, Military Divorce, Property Division, Same Sex Divorce, Spousal Support & Alimony, Uncontested Divorce
- Family Law
- Adoption, Child Custody, Child Support, Father's Rights, Guardianship & Conservatorship, Paternity, Prenups & Marital Agreements, Restraining Orders, Same Sex Family Law
- Adoptions
- Georgia
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- Spanish: Spoken, Written
- Emory University
- Law Degree
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- Vassar College
- B.A.
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- Georgia Trend 2005 Legal Elite
- Georgia Trend Magazine
- Georgia Association of Women Lawyers
- Member
- - Current
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- Atlanta Bar Association
- Member
- - Current
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- Georgia Hispanic Bar Association
- Member
- - Current
- Activities: Former Secretary and Co-Treasurer
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- DeKalb Bar Association
- Member
- - Current
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- Georgia State Bar
- Member
- - Current
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