Ultimately, a family court judge will do what’s in the best interest of a child in figuring out who should get custody.
In Georgia, once a child is 14, a judge will let a child choose where he wants to live. The judge assumes that the child’s preference is in his own best interest at that point. However, if one of the child’s parents shows that it’s actually in the child’s best interest to live against his preference, a judge may go against what the child wants.
Before they reach 14, however, a judge will consider the child’s preference in determining custody, but won’t automatically let the child choose where to live. Whom the child wants to live with will just be one factor among many that a judge will consider.
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