Question: I pay $600/month in child support through the state of North Dakota for my 6-year-old son. But I live in Massachusetts where the cost of living is 200 times higher. Does the court take into account cost of living situations in determining child support since the money I make …
CONTINUE READINGQuestion: My wife and I separated and are beginning the divorce process. My wife has no bills besides daily living expenses. No house payment, no car payment, etc. These were paid off through my mother’s estate. I have my daughter at least 12 days a month. I have also placed …
CONTINUE READINGQuestion: My ex used her live-in boyfriend to look after our child while he was off work. Both my ex and I were working over the winter school break. Am I required to pay for that week of daycare services even though my child didn’t go to daycare?
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Question: My ex is suppose to allow me to claim my children on my taxes for odd numbered years per our divorce decree. But the last time I did, the IRS told me I could not saying I had to have her sign Form 8332, which she refuses. If I was to take …
CONTINUE READINGDadsDivorce Live host Rick Ortiz shares what’s new on DadsDivorce this week and previews what to look for next week, including an interview with Ricardo Zamariola, the attorney for David Goldman who has been in the news for his years-long international custody battle to bring his son home from Brazil. …
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Actor Dennis Hopper recently filed for divorce from his fifth wife, according to news reports. What makes this different from your run-of-the-mill Hollywood divorce is Hopper is terminally ill with prostate cancer and is believed to be seeking a divorce from his deathbed to protect his assets. According to reports, …
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Question: My divorce was finalized over a year ago. I signed papers without legal advice because I wanted the pain to my family and myself to end. I requested only joint custody of my son and sole rights to his educational and religious upbringing. After a year, now that the …
CONTINUE READINGQuestion: For the last four years, I’ve had joint custody of my two children (ages 8 and 11 now) with my ex wife. And for the entirety of that time, they have the same complaint: their mother never spends enough time with them. The kids spend at least 3.5 days …
CONTINUE READINGQuestion: If I have a child from another marriage post-divorce, can it reduce the amount of child support I pay to my previous spouse for our son in a joint custody situation?
CONTINUE READINGQuestion: My ex wife is considering putting our child in a long-term residential treatment center in Utah for drug usage. The decree states only specific counties the child can reside in (a place in Utah is not one of them). Can she move him to drug treatment center out of state and against our …
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