How To Handle Out-Of-Pocket Medical Expenses

Question: My divorce lawyer advised me to get doubles of my children’s medications because there are times when my ex-wife does not send the proper amounts with the kids when they come to visit. I pay these costs out-of-pocket because my insurance won’t cover it. How can I get reimbursed …

Does The Court Consider Expenses When Calculating Child Support?

Question: I pay child support and even though my income has increased since the order was entered, so have my living expenses. My ex-wife, who is working and earning less and less, wants to raise my child support because she says the court doesn’t care about my expenses only that …

Modifying Alimony By Starting A New Business

Question: I am planning on forming a C corporation to run my small consulting business and take a nominal salary that would hopefully reduce or eliminate my alimony payments. Would a lesser income taken from this new corporation be grounds for an alimony modification?

Paying For Extra Expenses Not Covered In Child Support Order

Question: My child support order requires me to cover medical expenses and costs related to my child’s hockey team in addition to normal child support. My ex-wife just sent me receipts looking for reimbursement for things like prom tickets, school testing fees, yearbook picture expenses, etc. Since those extra expenses …

How A Child Support Modification Could Backfire

Question: I was ordered to pay child support at a time when my ex-wife was unemployed. I believe she has a new job now, so how can I modify my child support payments as a result? I’ve heard sometimes fathers try to modify child support thinking it will be lowered, …

Wage Garnishment Stopped, Now I’m In Child Support Arrears

Question: My child support is garnished from my paychecks. My company recently went paperless and I haven’t been able to view my pay stubs in my company’s online system. I just received a notice that I am in contempt for failure to pay child support, which should have been coming …

Can A Joint Bank Account Be Garnished If Only One Party Owes Support?

Question: Can child support be garnished from a joint bank account even if a person is contributing to the account who is not paying child support? I’m asking because my girlfriend and I share a bank account, but I do not want the child support agency taking any of her …

Can My Wages Be Garnished For Child Support?

Question: My ex-wife keeps threatening to have my wages garnished for child support even though there was never a court order entered addressing child support. Can she get a wage garnishment without a court order?

Depositing Paycheck Into Separate Bank Account

Question: I just found out my wife has used our joint checking account to hire a divorce lawyer. Can I redirect my paycheck into my separate bank account so that my wife cannot use my money for her purchases?

Dissipation Of Assets By Spending Money On My Girlfriend

By Sara Pitcher Cordell & Cordell Divorce Lawyer Spending on a significant other or third party that was unknown to the spouse is a common example of dissipation of assets. Dissipation as it relates to spending on alcohol, drugs, gambling, or similar items or activities is much more difficult to …