While prevailing opinion (with some exceptions) may be that when an equal parenting arrangement has been created via a child custody order or agreement between parents – each parent should be responsible for the financial responsibilities of the children in...
While we’re not particular fond of how child support is typically calculated, the failure for any accountability or oversight, and the sweeping severe punishments that are imposed on child support obligors regardless of circumstances – there are still...
We’ll come right out of the gate and tell folks that this is a huge no-no. Under no circumstances that are not written into an actual court order will the withholding of child support ever be looked upon favorably. And while custodial interference is among the...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
