It is a sad reality that divorce often causes adults to act like children. The bitterness and animosity generated by a breakup often leads to a total loss of reason and rationality. Even more disappointing is that children are often caught in the middle of many of these arguments. Even …
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Question: I have two children who are older than 18, but I still have child support arrears to catch up on. Will the state continuing garnishing the full amount (current support and arrears) or will it be recalculated? One of the orders was set in Texas and the other one …
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It’s apparent that the child-support system in the United States is, at best, flawed. Perhaps the system’s biggest failing is how it treats low-income parents who lack the ability to pay. Once they fall behind on payments, even if it’s because of involuntary unemployment, arrears start accumulating and it creates …
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In most circumstances, a parent’s child support payments are automatically deducted from his or her paycheck through a wage garnishment or income withholding order. However, two stories recently emerged of an employer allegedly pocketing those payments rather than sending the money to the state child support collection unit. Unfortunately, this …
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Question: I recently received a registered letter from a 32-year-old woman who claims I am her biological father. She has asked to meet me because she would like closure, which I understand. My only concern is that she might try to sue me for past child support. Do I have …
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The term “deadbeat dad” evokes an image of a father willingly withholding financial and emotional support from his children and completely shunning his parental responsibilities. However, research regarding low-income noncustodial fathers indicates that the term doesn’t typically match with reality. University of North Carolina sociologist and demographer Jennifer Kane recently …
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The image of the deadbeat dad that skips child support payments, shuns his children and leaves a desperate single mom to fend for herself still looms large in society. However, a recent study published in the Journal of Marriage and Family provides even more evidence that the stereotype of a …
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Question: How long can you be held for missing child support payments?
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By “Dad X” When I was laid off from my corporate job of many years, it didn’t bother me as I had worked all my life and I had experienced one or two other changes from longtime positions. It always led to bigger and better things, so I paid my …
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Kimberly Seals Allers raised a few eyebrows earlier this year when she walked into the Queens County Family Court for approval to forgive $38,750 in child support arrears from her ex husband. The award-winning journalist recently wrote about her decision in an editorial for the New York Times Motherlode blog. …
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