How is child support calculated?
Navigating the complex world of child support can be overwhelming, especially when laws vary from state to state and every case is unique. But don’t…
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How does Missouri Child Support Work?
Understanding child support guidelines can be a daunting task. Whatever your involvement with the issue, we want to help you navigate this complex process with…
→ Read MoreOregon Child Support Garnishment Limits, Exemptions and Protections
While child support garnishment is taken very seriously in Oregon, the noncustodial parent is not without protections when it comes to wage garnishment. Oregon has child support garnishment limits that mean that no matter how high the payments mandated by a support order, the employer cannot deduct more than the maximum withholding percentage. This is true even when the employee is subject to multiple wage garnishment orders.
→ Read MoreNew York Child Support: You Can Obtain A Downward Modification
In these tough economic times, many non-custodial parents simply cannot afford to pay the amount of child support required of them. But, can you obtain a downward modification of child support in New York? According to our NY legal expert’ absolutely.
→ Read MoreSouth Carolina Child Support Garnishment Limits, Exemptions and Protections
While all sources of the noncustodial parent’s income are subject to South Carolina wage garnishment, maximum garnishment limits and exemptions do apply. These South Carolina garnishment limits act to protect the noncustodial parent (paying parent) from total depletion of earnings. Garnishment limits are especially important because the noncustodial parent may have more than one wage withholding or child support garnishment order.
→ Read MoreIf I was laid off and cannot afford child support payments, can I have them lowered?
If your income has dropped dramatically and you are no longer able to make your child support payments, you have two options: you can explain the situation to the custodial parent and ask them to agree to a temporary or permanent change in your child support payments or you can petition the court and request that they make a change in the child support order despite the objections of the other parent.
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A child support order can be changed or modified if there is a material change in circumstance since the original court order of child support. The party seeking to modify child support will need to petition the court, and will have the burden of proving that circumstances have changed in such a manner that the child support order needs to be altered.
→ Read MoreCan I sue for child support enforcement in small claims court?
Despite what is seen on TV, small claims court never has jurisdiction over family law matters such as child support enforcement. Any motions to modify or enforce child support payments must be filed with the court that originally entered the underlying support obligation.
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Child support enforcement is necessary when an obligor parent refuses to pay the obligee parent. Read more for information to help with child support.
→ Read MoreIs an attorney necessary to voluntarily terminate parental rights?
When a father consents to the idea of giving up his parental rights to a child, he and the child’s mother need to visit a lawyer in order to ensure that all paperwork is correctly handled and that the termination of rights is legally valid. The details of parental rights termination vary, sometimes greatly, by state, and it’s absolutely essential that a lawyer assist you during this process.
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