Can I get child support and alimony reduced if I move closer to my kids?

Cordell & Cordell attorney Andrea Miller

Question: My kids live in St. Louis with their mom, who has full child custody, and I’d like to move there from North Carolina where I own a business to be closer to my kids. I will have very little money to start a new life there though. Once I …

My Ex Is Living Off Child Support

Divorce attorneys often hear frustrated dads upset that they have to keep paying more and more child support while the ex-wife barely works and appears to be living off the child support payments. The questions are common: She wants more and more of my income as I start making more …

If I have signed a mediation-prepared parenting plan, is there any chance of getting it changed?

Question: If I have signed a mediation-prepared parenting plan, is there any chance of getting it changed?

Which state has jurisdiction if my ex has moved states?

Question: Our child custody agreement says my ex, who has moved states since our divorce, gets our child for most of the summer break. We currently cannot agree on the dates in which I can take him back to where I am stationed after her summer visitation. I would like …

Can I modify alimony if my ex told me she will never remarry?

Question: Last year I was ordered to pay lifetime alimony (maintenance) to my ex wife. Prior to this ruling I had been receiving letters from her boyfriend stating that he would never marry her, so they could continue to collect money from me. She has been living with him for …

The Role of Alimony or Maintenance

By Molly Murphy Attorney, Cordell & Cordell, P.C. An issue that I deal with in my practice that seems to be coming up more frequently is that of maintenance, otherwise called alimony or spousal support. In this economy, many adults are out of work. They need every penny to meet …

Does having another child allow me to reduce alimony?

Question: I pay my ex-wife alimony. Now my girlfriend is expecting our first child. So could I have the maintenance that I pay my ex reduced due to the expenses I am incurring by having another child?

Can I seek a modification of child support based on my ex receiving gifts for my children from her fiancé?

Question: My ex-wife has become romantically involved with another man who has proposed to her. This guy has also been purchasing items for my three kids when they are with my ex-wife. Does this action allow me to seek child support from her? The divorce decree states that neither party …

Can I delay a child support modification because I’m being deployed overseas?

Question: According to my husband and his ex-wife’s divorce decree, she is awarded a set dollar amount for child support instead of a percentage of his earnings. Well he just got a new job with a higher income and now she says her lawyer is drawing up papers in order …

What do I need to file with the courts if I am moving?

Question: In our divorce decree I agreed for my ex-wife to take our two children to live in another state across the country. I thought with her family there the kids would be better off. In addition, I was depressed from the divorce and the ex put an order of …