Question: I was paying child support for a child I never met up until the time he was legally adopted by the child’s mother’s new husband. At that point, I stopped paying child support believing my obligation ended once the child was adopted. However, I received a letter saying I …
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Question: Per my divorce decree, I am to pay financial support directly to my ex-wife that is to be used to be for our child’s college tuition. However, my daughter has been in college for four years with no sign of graduating any time soon. How much longer am I …
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Question: Per our divorce decree and state child support laws, my child support payments end when our child reaches the age of 18 or when he graduates from high school, whichever occurs last. My child has already reached 18 and has already finished his course work to complete high school, …
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Question: I pay child support and would like to know the child support laws concerning paying support to a child who is married. I am not in arrears and my child just got married at age 18, but I’m scheduled to pay child support for another year. Am I still …
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By Sara Pitcher Noblesville, Indiana Divorce Lawyer Proposed child support laws in Indiana would lower the age of emancipation and result in child support ending when a child reaches age 19 instead of the current age of 21. While the proposal to knock two years off of the child support …
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Question: My child support question is about state child support laws trumping what we agreed to in our divorce settlement. Our divorce decree states I will pay child support until my daughter turns 18. She just turned 18 so I stopped paying child support, but the enforcement agency says I …
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Question: My daughter currently resides with me full-time and is no longer attending school, yet I am still paying child support to her mother – the supposed custodial parent. Does a child have to be enrolled in school and living with the custodial parent in order for my ex-wife to …
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Question: My child support question is about the child support laws regarding emancipation. My daughter recently turned 18, which I thought was the age of emancipation, but she is still in high school. She graduates in May and has no plans for pursuing any further education. When should my child …
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Question: My ex-wife wants to have the child support amount modified because she says she is not receiving enough money following one of our children’s emancipation. She and the children live in Arizona and she says she is going to file the child support modification there. However, I still live …
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Question: In the draft of my divorce decree under “Child Support” it states that I’m ordered to pay my ex-wife child support until my children: graduate from high school, marry, enter the armed forces, pass away, or disabilities are otherwise removed. It then states thereafter I am to pay my …
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