When parents divorce, child support and child custody can be very contentious issues -- and those issues can keep cropping up long after the divorce is final. Many people have misguided notions, however, about how child support and child custody or visitation relate....
Child Support
Can your ex quit their job to avoid paying child support?
Some parents resent the financial obligation to pay child support after a divorce. They might try challenging the amount ordered in the hope of paying as little as possible. Some people go even further by trying to change their life in order to reduce their child...
What can you do if your ex won’t pay court-ordered child support?
If you assumed primary parental responsibility for your children in a divorce or if the court awarded them to you after contested proceedings, your obligations to your children include providing them with housing, feeding them and making sure that they have clothing,...
How your legal relationship with your child can affect child support
Families are complicated and sometimes messy, and one of the most complicated and messy situations a family may ever face is the process of divorce. During divorce, there are myriad factors that can affect determinations of child support. The legal relationship...