Modifying Parenting Time Because Of A New Work Schedule

Question: How do child custody agreements treat parenting time when one parent has to work an unusual schedule? My job schedule has changed so now I work for three or four weeks straight and then receive one or two weeks off before repeating the same schedule. Will the court grant …

How To Modify The Parenting Time Schedule

Question: Our child custody agreements are outdated and I would like to file a modification to address our parenting time. I would like to keep my scheduled visitation with my daughters on Thursday nights, but I need to file a modification allowing me to take them to ballet practice on …

Do Child Support Laws Allow For Lower Support Payments To Cover Day Care Cost?

Question: My question is about child support laws regarding paying for day care on top of child support payments. If I am now responsible for paying for child care, does that mean I am entitled to a modification of child support to lower my monthly child support payments? I don’t …

Collecting Overdue Child Support Payments

Question: I am looking for financial advice on divorce, specifically how to collect child support payments. Per our divorce and child custody agreements, my ex-wife is expected to pay me child support once she finds a full-time job since I have primary physical custody. The agreement states that if within …

Can I Modify Child Support If My Ex Moves In With Boyfriend?

Question: My children primarily live with my ex-wife and I pay her child support per our child custody agreements. Her boyfriend has now moved in and they are a cohabitating couple with dual incomes. Do child support laws allow for a modification of child support if her boyfriend is now …

Can I Modify Alimony As A Result Of Unemployment?

Question: In our divorce and child custody agreement, I agreed to pay my wife alimony in the amount of 50% of my earnings for life. Since the judgment was entered, I have lost my job so I want to modify the amount of alimony to reflect changes in my life …

Child Support Laws: Paying Child Support For A Disabled Child

Question: What are the child support laws when supporting a disabled child? My husband is paying a high amount of child support for his disabled child even after the child has reached the age of emancipation and is receiving SSI disability benefits. Is a child support modification in order or …

What Are The Child Support Laws When Verbally Agreeing To A Modification

Question: How do child support laws apply if my ex and I verbally agree to a child support modification? If she verifies the modification of child support in an email or written statement without going to court, would that stand up in court if she were to contest the modified …

Is the burden of higher gas prices reason for a modification?

Question: I am fully responsible for transportation expenses to pick up and drop off my children for my scheduled parenting time. I live far away so the significant increase in gas prices is financially hurting me. Is the increase in gas prices cause to ask for a modification that would …

Stepparents: The Legally Invisible Parents

By Julie Garrison Special to DadsDivorce.com With one out of every two marriages ending in divorce, statistics indicate both divorced partners will probably remarry at least once. Even though a stepparent may participate in all aspects of raising his stepchild, the “unofficial” parenting by a stepparent is rarely factored into …