Can Alimony Be Modified Based On A New Spouse’s Income?

Question: The man I am dating pays lifetime alimony to his ex-wife. I earn a large salary, substantially more than he does. If we were to get married, could she request more alimony from him? Can alimony be modified based on a new spouse’s income?

Withholding Alimony Payments To Pay Off Mutual Debts

Question: I am ordered to make monthly alimony payments to my ex-wife per our divorce decree. We both owe a mutual debt to the IRS. However, I do not have enough money to afford this payment. May I withhold alimony payments from my ex-wife and use that money to pay …

Retroactive Child Support Penalties If Wages Have Increased

Child Support Laws Question: My child support orders show there is to be an exchange of W-2 forms every other year. Neither party has requested these documents before, however my ex-wife is now threatening legal action because I have not provided them. Can this be an issue that will result …

U.S. Divorce Rates By Region

By Matt Allen Editor, DadsDivorce.com Men who live in the South are more likely to get divorced than any other region in the country, according to a new report from the U.S. Census Bureau. The Northeast region has the lowest divorce rate. The report’s findings show the South has higher …

Removing Wife’s Name From Marital Home Title

Question: I was awarded the marital home and the associated mortgage payment obligation per our divorce decree. I have since paid off the house and would like to get her name off the title. How do I do this?

Can Child Support Be Extended Into College?

Question: Do child support laws force you to pay child support through college? My child will be graduating high school next year at the age of 18. My original divorce decree calls for me to pay child support through age 20 or completion of high school, whichever comes first. Can …

Protecting Fathers Rights In Cohabiting Relationships

By Matt Allen Editor, DadsDivorce.com There are now more children who live with unwed, cohabiting parents than with divorced parents and that affects fathers rights to child custody, according to a recent report. The National Marriage Project and the Institute for American Values reports there are 12 times as many …

Paying Child Support When Denied Parenting Time

Question: Do I have to continue paying child support to a child that I no longer see? I have seen my daughter only a handful of times in the past five years due to my ex-wife’s flagrant disregard for parenting time orders and severe parental alienation where my daughter says …

Child Custody Modification: Chances Of Success

Question: I would like to know my chances for success with an upcoming child custody modification proceeding. In our divorce decree, I am supposed to have parenting time every other weekend and one day a week for 8 hours. But for the past 5 years I have had my daughter …

How A Guardian Ad Litem Impacts Your Child Custody Case

By Daniel Exner Divorce Lawyer, Cordell & Cordell A Guardian ad Litem is a court appointed attorney who is charged with reviewing the parties’ relationship with their minor child(ren) and making a child custody and parenting time recommendation to the court. The GAL will recommend a custody and placement arrangement …