Child Custody Modification If Ex-Wife Is Using Drugs

Question: My ex-wife has primary physical custody, but I think a child custody modification is in order because of the presence of drugs in her home. She was reported to Child Protective Services for having drugs in the home. An investigation found no drugs in the home, though she had …

Standard Visitation Guidelines For Out-Of-State Parents

Question: I had to relocate out of state following my divorce because of work. The judge in the child custody case would not allow me to modify the visitation schedule because the children were young and he thought I abandoned them. The airfare costs to travel and see them every …

Can You Modify Alimony Under A Different State’s Laws?

Question: My question is about alimony modification if the ex-spouse moves to another jurisdiction. There is no end date to the alimony I pay to my ex-wife, who has moved to another state to live with her boyfriend. Since there was no end date ordered in my divorce decree, can …

Can I Modify Child Support If My Child Received A Scholarship?

Question: I pay child support for my 18-year-old son who heads off to college this summer on a full scholarship eliminating any financial burden to either parent. How likely is the court to consider this a “substantial and continuing change in circumstances” for modification of child support?

Child Support: Wages Being Garnished Twice

Question: When I was employed and paying into FICA out of each paycheck, I also paid a child support arrears garnishment from the same gross earnings. I am now disabled and receive RSDI benefits that come from my FICA account. The state is now garnishing my RSDI benefits even though …

Child Support Modification If My Ex Is Making More Money Than Reported

Question: Are the factors below enough to qualify me for a child support modification? I pay child support and for my child’s after school care, though that payment is not mandated by the court. However, I have learned that I am paying for my child’s after school care so that …

Modifying Alimony When Ex Is Eligible For Social Security

Question: My ex-wife has been eligible to draw off my Social Security but refuses to do so while collecting alimony. Meanwhile I am going broke with my alimony payments and she is doing nothing to mitigate my payments by filing for my Social Security benefits. Do I have any recourse …

Divorce Legal Strategies To Pursue In Mediation

Question: My soon-to-be ex and I have gone through mediation and are close to finalizing our divorce settlement agreement, but I have a question concerning legal strategies I might pursue. My ex is mentally and emotionally unstable, and sometimes I fear for our son when in her care because she …

Can You Modify Temporary Orders?

Question: My temporary orders during my divorce force me to pay exorbitant child support costs along with my living expenses and the utility bills for the house she got to stay in. These bills are almost bankrupting me and our divorce isn’t even final! Am I obligated to keep paying …

Modifying Alimony If Ex-Wife Has Another Child

Question: Can I get my alimony payments modified if my wife is pregnant with another child? I pay her monthly alimony, but since she is pregnant with another man’s child I don’t feel that I should have to pay her when the money will be spent on a child that …