In this edition of Money Made Easy, financial adviser Dan Danford answers a financial question from a viewer who is looking for professional help in investing. “At what point should you get a financial planner? I have some savings and a 401k, but do most financial planners only deal with …
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By Robert Ferrer Archivist and Researcher, University of Illinois I was going to continue my inquiry into current myths about children, fathers and divorce, but while on vacation I read the latest book by Professor Edward Kruk, “Divorced Fathers: Children’s Needs and Parental Responsibilities.” The results of his most recent …
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Question: I would like to know how child support laws work when I am expected to provide proof showing my child is emancipated. My daughter is over the age of 18, has graduated from high school, has a self-support job, and is not enrolled in college. I am filing for …
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By Matt Allen Editor, DadsDivorce.com A DUI is never a good thing to have on your record, especially when you’re fighting for child custody. But depending on the circumstances, your background and your behavior, a DUI is not necessarily a deal breaker.
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Question: I need legal separation advice on whether our marital settlement agreement is enforceable. My wife and I separated and entered into a settlement agreement addressing issues such as child support, parenting time, etc., before our divorce was even filed. Now her attorney has filed the dissolution paperwork and indicated …
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Question: When modifying child support, what documents do child support laws allow to be used as proof of assets? My ex-wife is asking for an increase in the child support I pay her. In asking for my income, her attorney requested I provide my car titles and my bank statements. …
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Question: When I was granted child custody several years I did not seek child support from my ex-wife. Now that my business is suffering and my ex is gainfully employed with a substantial salary, do child support laws allow me to request she pay me child support even though I …
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Question: We are attempting to work through child custody agreements in mediation, but my wife will not give me more than every other weekend and some summer vacation time. I want to have more parenting time with my daughter, but I’m not sure what to do if my wife won’t …
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Question: What are the child custody laws pertaining to stepparent visitation rights? Is there a chance that a stepfather could receive visitation with his stepchild post-divorce? The child’s biological father is no longer in the picture and the stepfather is the only Dad he knows. Can child custody agreements be …
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Question: I need some marriage separation advice on how to handle my children’s sleeping arrangements and if there is an issue of child neglect while my wife and I are going through our divorce. She is allowing my minor stepdaughter, who is 17, to spend the night in the same …
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