Collecting Overdue Child Support Payments

Question: I am looking for financial advice on divorce, specifically how to collect child support payments. Per our divorce and child custody agreements, my ex-wife is expected to pay me child support once she finds a full-time job since I have primary physical custody. The agreement states that if within …

Can I Modify Alimony As A Result Of Unemployment?

Question: In our divorce and child custody agreement, I agreed to pay my wife alimony in the amount of 50% of my earnings for life. Since the judgment was entered, I have lost my job so I want to modify the amount of alimony to reflect changes in my life …

Can the court order my ex to get a job to lower child support?

Question: How do child support laws work when one party refuses to work? My ex-wife voluntarily works a part-time job and supplements her income with my child support payments. She is fully capable of gaining full-time employment. Could the court order her to work full time to meet her financial …

How will her unemployment affect custody and child support?

Question: How does unemployment affect child support laws and child custody laws? I am currently going through a divorce, and my wife refuses to work. How will her voluntary unemployment affect child custody and child support?

Will the court consider her voluntary underemployment in dividing property?

Question: My state is an “equitable distribution” state with regard to division of assets and debts. So how does equitable distribution work? In my example, I make significantly more than my wife because she has chosen to work a low-paying, part-time job after quitting a full-time job that paid much …

Modifying temporary orders when dealing with unemployment

Question: My ex is requesting an increase in the amount of child support I pay even though I am currently unemployed. Can I file temporary orders to modify child support until we have to go back to court?

Options for Child Support When Unemployed

By Andrea Johnson Attorney, Cordell & Cordell With the current economic situation, many unemployed divorced dads cannot afford child support payments. Some just pay what they can for a period of time until they find another job. Others make informal agreements with their former spouse about a temporary modification. Both …

Can I get temporary support orders reduced or eliminated?

Question: I have been ordered to pay temporary child support and alimony payments during the pendency of my divorce. However, one child is 18 years old and I am unemployed living in a friend’s apartment while my wife lives for free in her boyfriend’s house and has a full-time job. …

Joseph Cordell discusses father’s rights

The double standards and challenges men and fathers face in divorce was one of many divorce issues Joseph Cordell discussed on the McCarthy and Friends Show on 94.1 KPVR in St. Louis. While acknowledging progress has been made in granting more father’s rights, Cordell said the whole idea is to …

Can I suspend my alimony and child support payments if I have no income?

Question: I recently lost my job and now only receive unemployment benefits. I have filed for a child support and maintenance modification since I have no money but the court date is set for 6 months from now! Can I suspend my alimony and child support payments in the meantime …