How To Stop Your Ex From Badmouthing You To The Children

Question: My ex-wife frequently talks bad about me to our children and attacks my girlfriend’s character. Do I have any right to defend myself from her slanderous words?

Modifying Alimony By Starting A New Business

Question: I am planning on forming a C corporation to run my small consulting business and take a nominal salary that would hopefully reduce or eliminate my alimony payments. Would a lesser income taken from this new corporation be grounds for an alimony modification?

Can I Modify Child Custody If I Move To A Nicer Home?

Question: I’m moving into a nicer home that is closer to my children’s school district, who primarily live with their mother. Is my relocation to a more desirable environment for my children enough to warrant a child custody modification?

How A Child Support Modification Could Backfire

Question: I was ordered to pay child support at a time when my ex-wife was unemployed. I believe she has a new job now, so how can I modify my child support payments as a result? I’ve heard sometimes fathers try to modify child support thinking it will be lowered, …

Ex Won’t Allow Me Telephone Communication With My Child

Question: How do I make certain that my ex-wife allows phone conversation with my child? She periodically doesn’t answer my calls for weeks at a time. The existing custody order does not address how I can exercise visitation over the phone if I am unable to in person.

Wage Garnishment Stopped, Now I’m In Child Support Arrears

Question: My child support is garnished from my paychecks. My company recently went paperless and I haven’t been able to view my pay stubs in my company’s online system. I just received a notice that I am in contempt for failure to pay child support, which should have been coming …

A Parent’s Standing To Modify Child Custody

Question: I have primary physical custody of my children, and even though my ex-wife now lives in Canada she is requesting a modification of custody. I do not feel my children should live with her in Canada for many reasons, including my fear for their safety around her abusive husband. …

Lowering Child Support Without Court Approval If Unemployed

Question: I recently lost my job and am unemployed. Because of my drop in income I adjusted my child support payments a similar percentage in order to keep the ratio of income to child support the same. Can I unilaterally modify my child support payments if I lose my job?

What Is The Validity Of A Mediation Agreement?

Question: I signed a mediation agreement that set up a parenting plan schedule regarding visitation between my children and their grandparents. The custody schedule is not working out and I would like to change the mediation agreement. What is the validity of a mediation agreement? Since it’s not a court …

Legal Separation Agreement Modification

Question: When a legal separation agreement is signed by both parties can the terms be modified? Does the legal separation agreement dissolve when the divorce is final?