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Georgia has an \u201cequitable apportionment\u201d statute which essentially states that either parent of a deceased child, when divorced, separated or living apart, may file a lawsuit for the wrongful death <\/a>of their child, notwithstanding the divorce or separation. In such a case, the parent that brings the wrongful death case does so in a fiduciary capacity proceeding not only on their on behalf but also on behalf of the divorced\/separated spouse who obviously also has a legal interest in the death of their child.
\nWhere divorced parents get along well even after the divorce, they may sue jointly. The difficulty comes where the parents do not get along and one proceeds before the other. Sometimes the other parent has to move to intervene in a lawsuit to protect their interests because they do not trust their spouse. Under Georgia law, even in such cases where neither spouse trusts the other, the fact is that the law provides that one spouse that proceeds in a divorce\/separation situation for the wrongful death of a child, nonetheless, proceeds jointly on behalf of their divorces spouse.
\nIn the event there is a recovery for the wrongful death of a child <\/a>in the situation where the parents are divorced, the law provides for an \u201cequitable apportionment\u201d of any recovery between the divorced parents. A court will decide who gave the most child support, on whom did the child depend for support and issues of a similar nature in determining which parent equitably should receive the largest portion of the wrongful death award, if any. If a parent has abandoned their child, paid no child support, had nothing to do with the child, most courts would not award such a parent anything from the recovery although the court would be authorized to award whatever it deemed to be in the interest of justice based on the facts and circumstances. In most cases the courts would probably plan to divide the proceeds on a 50\/50 basis unless there was clear evidence that one spouse had abandoned the child, was abusive to the child, did not pay child support or was not involved in the child\u2019s life. In such circumstances, the spouse that did the most for the child and was the closest to the child would probably receive most, if not all of the award although, once again, the court would be required to equitably apportion the damages based on its own assessment of the equities involved.<\/p>\n

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Georgia has an \u201cequitable apportionment\u201d statute which essentially states that either parent of a deceased child, when divorced, separated or living apart, may file a lawsuit for the wrongful death of their child, notwithstanding the divorce or separation. 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