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Florida Child Support Collections and Fees

While most income is subject to withholding, Florida wage garnishment laws provide special treatment for lump-sum payments owed to a noncustodial parent subject to child support collections. Most of these lump-sum payments do not have to be reported, with a couple of exceptions. However, an employer should be aware that they are bound by Florida child support collections law to enforce wage garnishment on an employee’s regular income. The penalties for failing to enforce child support garnishment are heavy, and include being liable for a civil action as well as for civil penalties.

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What is a child support order?

A child support order is a document from a court that states when, how often, and how much a parent is to pay for child support. A child support order is typically part of a divorce decree or paternity judgment.

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Child Custody Law

Child support is an amount payable by one parent to the other to make sure that a child is cared for and shares, to some degree, the standard of living enjoyed by both parents. Read on for more information on child support.

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Sperm Donors and Child Support

Whether a sperm donor is legally bound to pay child support depends on state law, as well as the facts specific to his situation. Many courts have looked at whether the donor was anonymous, whether the donor was involved in the child’s life, the relationship of the donor and the mother, whether the child was conceived through in vitro or through intercourse, whether a physician inseminated the mother, and at what point the contract for non-payment of child support was made.

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Colorado Child Support

In Colorado, child support may be obtained by anyone primarily responsible for the care of a minor child, through a child support order from the child’s parent(s).

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How to Increase Child Support

A custodial parent can have a number of reasons to increase child support and the process by which it may be increased varies by state. Find out how to increase your child support payments.

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Wage Assignment

Wage assignment, or income deduction order, is when a court directs the employer of a non-custodial parent to deduct the amount of child support from the parent’s income. In order to ensure that child support orders are enforced, the federal government has issued a vareity of directives to the states requiring them to implement enforcement initiatives to make sure child support payments are made. Read further for more information on wage assignment for child support.

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Oklahoma Child Support

Oklahoma child support law provides for child support in cases where parents do not live together, whether they are in the process of a divorce or were never married. Find out how child support is calculated in Oklahoma here, plus how to get child support or change an Oklahoma child support order and more.

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