Does A Support Modification Result In Custody Changes Also?

Question: I would like to request a child support modification given my ex-wife’s increase in income, but I am concerned that my increased amount of parenting time will not be taken into effect because it has not been entered as a court order. I have my child with me approximately …

Can My Ex Claim More Overnights For Child Support If She Is Not There During Overnights?

Question: My ex-wife and I share equal parenting time in our divorce agreement, though my child rarely lives with me. Instead, our daughter essentially lives on her own in my ex-wife’s apartment while my ex is gone for months at a time for work. Now she is saying that her …

Reaching Your Own Child Support And Custody Agreements

Question: My ex-wife and I have reached updated child support and child custody agreements that more accurately reflect our parenting time since the time our original divorce decree was entered. How can we amend our original decree to reflect our new agreement in order to have it enforceable? Is there …

How Does Past Drug Use Affect Child Custody?

Question: My question is about child custody laws and how my history of drug problems will affect my chances at child custody. I have had problems with drugs when I was younger, but I have been clean and sober for years now. How much is my past drug use going …

Child Support: Modifying Variable Expenses

Question: Per our child custody agreements, my wife and I split parenting time 50-50. The court has ordered me to pay a set amount each month of variable expenses, which is different from the child support order. I find the current fixed amount is too high, so I would like …

Can A Party Request Child Support Years After They Originally Denied It?

Question: When I was granted child custody several years I did not seek child support from my ex-wife. Now that my business is suffering and my ex is gainfully employed with a substantial salary, do child support laws allow me to request she pay me child support even though I …

Can You Modify Custody If You Have Child Support Arrears?

Question: Can I file for a modification of child custody if I am in arrears for child support? My ex-wife has lost her job and her home, and now her and my daughter are living at a friend’s house. I believe our child would have a more stable environment living …

Marriage Separation Advice For Pursuing Abandonment Grounds

Question: What marriage separation advice do you have for pursuing grounds of abandonment in a divorce? My wife and I have filed for divorce. Since the time of our separation roughly 6 months ago, she has only come back to the marital home for a few days to spend minimal …

Can I Move Out Of State With Children While Still Married?

Question: I am currently married but would like to move out of the marital home and across state lines with my children so that we can escape my verbally and physically abusive wife. Even though the move would be to another state it is still within 100 miles of our …

Will I have to pay child support if I’m not the biological father?

Question: I have been raising a child since birth though I am not the biological father and the mother freely admits that. I did not sign a Voluntary Acknowledgment of Paternity. I am almost certain that I could never get custody or maybe even joint custody of a child where …