Category Archives: Child Support
How COVID-19 is Impacting Child Support Cases
Around the middle of March, American’s lives changed forever. It was around that time that President Donald Trump declared a national emergency in an effort to stop the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). Within weeks of the president’s order, people were told to practice social distancing, schools were closed, and non-essential businesses were shut… Read More »
Can Child Support Be Discharged in Bankruptcy?
“Sometimes it’s difficult to collect past-due child support, especially when those amounts reach into the tens of thousands of dollars. The average amount owed among noncustodial parents with child support debt is more than $21,000,” according to the Office of Child Support Enforcement. If you can relate to the above paragraph because you too… Read More »
Buying and Selling Time with Children
Parents in a divorce or paternity action will oftentimes fight over the number of overnights their child gets to spend with them. Sometimes this is because the parent wants more time with their child. Other times it is all about money. This is because the number of overnights a child spends with each parent… Read More »
