Merritt & Associates

Merritt & Associates serves Wilkes County from its Washington office, correctly placed in the historic county seat of one of Georgia's oldest counties. Washington, Georgia is a gracious antebellum city that served as the last capital of the Confederacy in April 1865, and Wilkes County's agricultural and timber heritage reflects the character of northeast Georgia's Piedmont region. The firm's Washington office — reached at (706) 678-2455 — provides Wilkes County clients with direct local access to Merritt & Associates' multi-office Georgia family law practice. Wilkes County family law matters reflect the agricultural and rural character of northeast Georgia: farmland parcels, timber tracts, and the modest but stable incomes of a rural county community form the typical marital estate in dissolution proceedings. Georgia's O.C.G.A. §19-5-13 equitable distribution framework governs property division, and Merritt & Associates assists Wilkes County clients with the full range of Georgia family law matters — including divorce on no-fault or fault grounds, alimony under §19-6-1, child custody under §19-9-3, and child support under §19-6-15 — in the Superior Court of Wilkes County with the expertise of a multi-office Georgia firm.