One of the major issues that need to be addressed in a divorce where children are involved is, of course, child support. While it may be a hot-button issue, its calculation is formulaic in nature and follows fairly strict guidelines in order to be determined. Florida Statute Section 61.30 sets forth...
Category: Child Support
Do Purchases for My Kids Count Towards Child Support?
Kids require a lot of support. Yes, emotional, moral, and physical support is included in this to be sure. Most of the time, however, people are referring to the financial demands of caring for a child when referencing the support required by kids. It is the responsibility of both parents to financially...
Neutral Exchange of Information Through Child Support App
When you divorce but have shared children with your former spouse, the marriage may be officially brought to a close, but the co-parenting relationship remains. Working with your former spouse to manage the schedules and needs of your children can be difficult, to say the least, especially under the strain of a...
Do I Have to Pay Child Support If I Have Joint Custody?
Divorcing with children has some serious additional layers of complexities that other divorces do not have. The issues of child custody and child support can fundamentally impact a family in far-reaching ways. If you are considering divorce or divorce proceedings are looming in the not-so-distant future, you may have...
The Other Parent Has Sole Custody. Do I Still Have to Pay Child Support?
Parents have a legal obligation to financially support their children. Courts put child support orders in place to help make sure this happens. If a parent fails to make the court-ordered child support payments, then there will be repercussions. If the other parent has sole custody and you perhaps do not get...
What Happens If My Child Turns 18, But My Ex Still Owes Child Support?
Have you struggled to get your child’s other parent to pay child support? As your child gets older, you may wonder if you will ever see these back child support payments. You may even worry as to what happens when your child turns 18. When the child support obligation ends, are...
How Do I Collect Child Support From an Out of State Non-Custodial Parent?
Parents have an obligation to support their children. That is why child support exists. Are you struggling to collect child support from the non-custodial parent? Unfortunately, this is not so uncommon. It can be a difficult and uncomfortable situation to not receive the child support payments you are owed. Not only...
Can Child Support Be Reduced If the Payor Has More Children?
If you receive child support payments from your co-parent, you know that such payments can be critical to providing for your child. If your co-parent, the payor parent, has gone on to have another child, you may very well be concerned as to how this could impact child support. Here, we...
Can I Pay My Ex Cash for Child Support?
Often, a child support order is put in place after a divorce where there are children involved, although it can be put in place under other circumstances as well. Regardless of whether parents are married, separated, divorced, or were never married in the first place, both parents remain financially obligated to...
What Is the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (UIFSA)?
If you have been ordered by a court of a certain state, and then you move to a different state, you will still be required to comply with the court order from the original state. This is just one of many implications of the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (UIFSA). It...
