Arizona is slated to increase child support levels dramatically - to levels far exceeding some of the worst states in the country.  The details are laid out in a series of posts at Glenn Sacks’ website and covered well by Robert Franklin, Esq.
It appears that the new guidelines up for consideration in the Arizona legislature [...]

Seemingly impervious to economic conditions, be they poor or excellent, college costs and tuition continue to rise to astronomical levels. While more people than ever in recent history are suffering from job losses or reductions in employment, if you’re living in a divorce and child custody situation in the following states…
Alabama, Connecticut, the District [...]

In an atrocious economy such as the one we’re all living with right now, don’t expect the divorce & custody industry to take a step back and do what it is right.  No, in this economy, the state of Washington has just revised their child support statutes via the “ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1794″ which [...]

I happened upon an article which, at first thought, seemed to have good intentions.  I became curious about what constituted a “child custody employment program.”  My second thought was that it would be an expansion of the already bloated employment rolls of family court and its supporting and satellite staff and other benefactors.
I was alarmed [...]

Something about which we’ve been unable to find any mainstream news reports comes this alarming information from F.R.A.M.E.D (Family Rights and Many Ending Discrimination).  It seems that New Jersey Family Courts have been using a software program which contained a “bug” which apparently inflated some child support figures that were being calculated during proceedings.
The New [...]

In the article Shared Parenting vs. Child Support, we detailed the harsh realities that are the financial incentives that are a substantial roadblock to sweeping changes to child custody laws.  The goal of such changes would be to implement a rebuttal presumption of shared custody.  Legislatures and those in the divorce industry can deny it [...]

From the “hard to believe file” - (and the reality is that these attempts happen more often than you might think) - a Massachusetts appeals court judge dismissed the case of a woman seeking child support from an anonymous sperm donor.
Sperm donors should be on high alert.
Both the donor and the recipient remained anonymous for [...]

Any attorney, divorce, or custody coach will tell you that custody and child support are two different issues that should not be considered together. The truth is far different, however.
As we all know, child support is based on income and how much time the children spend with each parent. In most states, support is determine [...]

California’s Third District Court of Appeals has upheld the Yolo County Superior Court’s previous ruling that a state law requiring parents to pay child support for children placed in foster care.  The father, Terrell Lowery, tried to argue that the exception which currently exists when the parent is a victim of a minor child’s crime [...]

Let’s dispense, if for only a moment, the fact that debtor’s prisons were outlawed a long, long time ago in this country.  Let’s forget for a just a moment that you’re not supposed to be imprisioned for failure to pay a debt.
Let’s talk about the disgrace that is a number of Judges in Berks County, [...]