There are numerous child support issues that cause persistent headaches for divorced dads. The fact is, the modern child support system is laced with errors and inefficiencies that do more to rip families apart than actually support them.
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Common sense dictates that if a father’s income decreases then his monthly child support should go down accordingly. Unfortunately, when and how to modify child support are questions that many dads find so confusing that they end up doing nothing at all and end up with payments they can’t afford. …
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One of the fatal flaws of the child support system is that it takes a collect-at-all-costs approach to gathering payments from the payor. It’s essentially, “pay or else,” which causes catastrophic problems for families if a parent ever falls behind on payments. Say a father unexpectedly loses his job and …
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One of the more overwhelming aspects of divorce is figuring out how to effectively manage your finances now that you are suddenly single. When you were married, you likely relied on two sources of income. Now that is cut in half and you might have additional expenditures such as child …
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Question: My daughter reached the age of emancipation six months ago but my wages are still being garnished. How do I go about getting reimbursed for the overpayments?
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Question: I received motions from my ex-wife asking for what she claims is unpaid child support. I have made my full payments and have bank statements and cancelled checks to prove it. The motion says I must respond in seven days. Is that seven days from when it was sent …
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Question: I recently went on welfare. Will this have any effect on my child support payments?
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Anyone who has gone through a divorce or child custody case knows there are many elements of the family law system that just do not seem to make much sense.
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There are numerous problems with the modern child support system. However, the Obama administration is planning an overhaul that could help address one of the system’s most critical flaws. The administration, in its final weeks, is planning to ease the legal obligations prisoners have to pay child support while they …
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