Ask A Divorce Lawyer: Am I required to pay daycare expenses if my child was not there?

Question: 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?

Ask a Divorce Lawyer: Claiming children on tax returns in a divorce

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 …

Ask a Divorce Lawyer: I had no lawyer during our divorce, but I want the decree changed. What can I do?

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 …

Can I get my child support reduced?

Question: I have been divorced for about 15 years have paid child support the entire time to my three children, now ages 22, 18 and 14. The oldest is married and the 18-year-old is graduating in May. The youngest, though, has been in a children’s home for the past 4 …

Ask a Divorce Lawyer: If my kids will have a better life in another state away from their mother, can I move them?

Question: 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 …

Ask a Divorce Lawyer: Can I have support reduced for a previous marriage if I have another child post-divorce?

Question: 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?

Can my wife claim property that she didn’t buy but I purchased?

Question: I am writing for my father. He is currently in the hospital due to surgery. My mother (his wife of almost 40 years) left him four days before his surgery. She has not worked for almost 16 years so my Dad has been supporting her. They live in a house that my …

Ask a Divorce Lawyer: Can my ex violate the decree and move our son out of state if it’s for medical treatment?

Question: 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 …

Ask a Divorce Lawyer: Can one state suspend or revoke my license if it is from another state due to lack of support payment??

Question: My child support case is in Oklahoma, I live in Texas. I recently received a letter about suspending my license for failure to pay child support, even though it is being garnished from my paycheck. Can one state suspend or revoke my license if it is a license from …

Ask a Divorce Lawyer: Can my ex move out of state with our son?

Question: My ex wife is thinking about finding a job outside of North Carolina. I currently get my son every other weekend currently and in the summers, plus rotating holidays. Can she move out of the state and legally take him with her?