What is Child Support? There are two different kinds of child support. The more popular one is the financial obligation a parent has to the support of their children. This is typically considered child support payments, and are intended to go towards the care and raising of the children. Unfortunately, since the use of this money is not tracked, it is hard to ensure that the money you pay your ex-wife each month is indeed going...more
How To Engage A Child Custody Battle The right and obligation to care daily for and make major decisions about a minor child is called custody. This can be subdivided into sole custody and joint custody. The former is when only one parent takes care of the child while the latter is when both parents share in key decision-making and spend substantial amounts of time separately (or sometimes together) with the child. This is an inevitable...more
Avoiding Setting Precedents with Child Support Payments Before a Divorce Goes to Court When you and your wife initially decide to split, you may end up finding yourself in a situation with your kids where you want to do right by them. In order to be the bigger person, you decide to make arrangements with your wife to find a new place, split daycare costs, and send her a specific amount of money each month to help with the kids. This, however, can ruin you financially in the long run. As much as you will want to help out and show that you are good for the money and doing the right thing, this can all come back and bite you in the butt later on in court. By setting such a precedent, you can expect the court system will go ahead and enter in an order that matches exactly what you've been doing in the meantime. Sometimes, even with court child support calculations, you might end up spending more per month on child support just because you've paid it in the past with no problem. The courts will see this and will go ahead and set things to continue as is. This is where you end up setting a precedent that hurts you. Although it may seem counterintuitive, do not set up...more
How do the Courts Enforce Child Support Orders? Just because there is an order for child support, doesn't mean that the person responsible will do as they're told and pay up. Whether you're behind on your child support payments, or your ex-wife hasn't coughed up her portion, you do have options in having your child support payments...more
Understanding Child Support Arrearages and Usurious Child Support Sometimes, the legal system and legal jargon can cause you to be a little confused and out of the loop, but by knowing a few terms related to divorce and child custody, you can easily feel confident in your ability to fight anything and everything in court. Two words that can...more
Fighting High Child Support Payments in the Courts When it comes to calculating child support payments, most states and counties have their own way of figuring the amounts that should be owed. These calculations are based on a variety of factors which typically include the incomes of both parties, the financial needs of the children, and the person with primary custody. Even if the parents have joint custody of the children, one parent, depending on their income and the standard of living the child enjoyed while the parents were married, may still end up paying a portion of child support. Sometimes, however, these child support payments can put a financial burden on the non-custodial parent. Even though the states use a worksheet to figure out child support payment obligations, there are a number of circumstances that are not taken into consideration, such as the distance between the parents (causing additional expense in travel), each parent's personal debts and financial hardships, and other aspects of one's financial situation. If you are faced with high child support payments, and are looking to have your financial obligations lowered, it is important to know...more
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Does The Amount Of Days Before Ovulation Influence Whether You Have A Boy Or A Girl? Over the weekend, I received an email from a woman who asked me, in part: "if I have intercourse or sex a certain number of days before ovulation, will this...more
Whether we like or not, our babies, our children grow up. These were the very ones that could not do a thing without your help now want to be as independent as they possibly can. The teenage years may seem to be difficult as they are trying to find...more
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