Dividing Student Loan & Credit Card Debt During Divorce

Question: My spouse applied for and received a student loan, which I was unaware of until the beginning of our divorce when she had to submit a financial affidavit. Now she wants me to pay it. Am I obligated to pay any portion of it? We also have a credit …

Dividing Student Loan Debt During Divorce

Question: If I divorce my wife can she sue me over her student loan debt? We are both unemployed and going to school. She took out very large student loans and I am worried about finding the money to pay for them.

Is Student Loan Money Considered A Marital Asset?

Question: My wife and I are divorcing and she is coming after me for everything she can get. She had a temporary order entered so she has custody of our children the majority of the time. She is also trying to get as much money from me as possible. I …

8 Financial Tips For Blended Families

The structure of the typical American family has changed dramatically. According to Pew Research, only 46% of U.S. kids younger than 18 are living in traditional families with two married heterosexual parents in their first marriage. Blended families – a family consisting of a couple and children from a previous …

How Relocation Affects Child And College Support

Question: My ex-wife and I signed a separation and property settlement agreement in Connecticut in 2002. We have both since moved, she to New York where she lives with our daughter and me to New York. There was an article in the agreement regarding educational expenses that stated that I …

The Case Of Caitlyn Ricci – DadsDivorce Live

Over the past year, the New Jersey case involving 21-year-old Caitlyn Ricci’s lawsuit of her parents, Michael Ricci and Maura McGarvey, over college support has made national headlines. In November, Michael Ricci and Ms. McGarvey were ordered by a New Jersey judge to pay $16,000 of their daughter’s $26,000 annual …

Tips For Single Dads To Pay For College

The number of households headed by a single father has multiplied nine-fold since 1960, reaching 2.6 million in 2011, Pew Research Center reported in 2013. Only 17 percent of these single dads have at least a bachelor’s degree, which means the income potential of the other 83 percent is limited; …

Should Parents Be Forced To Pay For College

An important case is currently playing out in New Jersey that is raising questions as to whether a young adult is entitled to college support from his or her parents. Curiously, as the law in New Jersey and many other states currently stands, married parents aren’t required to pay for …

Son Graduating & Moving Out: Can I Pay Child Support Directly to Him Now?

Question: My son is graduating and moving out of my ex’s house soon. He plans on attending a community college in a different state. I’d like to start paying child support directly to him, rather than to my ex. What are my options for getting the support directly to him?

Proving College Enrollment To Continue Child Support

Question: How can I get proof that my child is still attending college on a full-time basis? If he has stopped going to school I can terminate my child support order, but we no longer speak and I’m not sure how to find out his enrollment status.