Paternity Laws: Paying Child Support For A Child You Do Not Know

Question: My question is about child support and paternity laws. I am the biological father of a child born to an ex-girlfriend, though I have not spoken or seen either in many years. The mother of my child recently contacted me and said she wants our child to meet me …

Modification Of Child Support Arrears

Question: I am trying to modify my payments of child support arrears. I do owe the money and intend to pay it back, but the amount being garnished is too high for me to survive on. When trying to modify the child support amount, the child support enforcement unit said …

Can The Custodial Parent Move A Child Out Of State?

Question: My ex-wife has primary child custody and she told me she is going to take our child and move out of state next week. She told me since she is the custodial parent and I have limited visitation rights that there is nothing I can do about it. Can …

Child Support Modification Due To Marital Home Foreclosure

Question: I need information on what state has jurisdiction for my child support modification. My ex-wife and kids moved to the state I previously moved to (Wisconsin) after our divorce was finalized in Illinois. Our divorce decree states my child support payments are contingent upon my ex-wife selling the marital …

Joseph Cordell: Think Before Saying “I Do!” | Dads Divorce

Joseph Cordell’s latest column on HuffingtonPost.com explains why the moment you say “I do” you are essentially giving your spouse half of your wealth. Not just your current wealth and what you bring into the marriage, but nearly every asset acquired during the course of the marriage — and sometimes …

What Backs Our Money In A Financial Crisis?

With much of the world experiencing a financial crisis, what has backed the money for all these years? Financial adviser Dan Danford explains what is backing our currency, the currency of other nations, and why it all doesn’t just fall apart when countries face perilous economic issues. Danford, CFP®, CRSP®, …

Dividing Personal Injury Settlements In Divorce

Question: Do I have a claim to my wife’s personal injury settlement? We have been separated for four years. During this separation period, she had a slip and fall personal injury that resulted in a large financial settlement. Am I entitled to any of the settlement money she received since …

Am I Responsible For My Wife’s Credit Card Debt In A Divorce?

Question: My wife racked up excessive credit card debt before we married and is now trying to make me pay off those cards that are in her name only as part of our divorce settlement. My name is not on those credit cards, and I have no direct line of …

Snow Day! So Who Has Parenting Time On Days Off?

By Erin Brockhoff Belleville, Illinois Divorce Lawyer As winter weather and resulting snow days makes dreams come true for children across the country, it raises the issue of how parenting time and child custody exchanges are handled on unexpected days off from school. Typical child custody exchanges on normal school …

Negotiating Child Support Payments In Your Divorce Settlement

Question: I would like to know how to handle child support calculations while I am currently unemployed during our divorce settlement negotiations. My soon-to-be-ex-wife thinks my child support payments should be based off my high-paying job that I was fired from several months ago. However, I am currently collecting unemployment …