Category: Child Support

Last updated on April 8, 2021

Here is another example of the sort of drama we all hope to avoid in our personal lives and in the practice of family law. According to news reports, a man from Chicago recently jumped from a third-storey window to avoid paying $5,979.66 in child support. 35-year-old Ronald “Boobie” McIntyre was being pursued by police […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

Facing unprecedented levels of unpaid child support, many states are seeking new methods for improving child support collection. Several states, for example, are going after casino winnings as a source of income from which to collect. Indiana recently passed a law to hold back casino winnings from deadbeat parents. The Indiana Department of Child Services […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

In today’s economy, everyone’s dealing financial pressure. Whether you are paying or receiving spousal and child support payments, you may be facing a lot of challenges these days. Either the payor or the payee could be out of a job or dealing with reduced hours and a reduction in pay. Either way, those alimony and […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

If you and your divorcing spouse are on relatively good terms, negotiating a divorce agreement may help you save money and trouble while allowing you to personalize your own solution. Family courts routinely allow settlement agreements covering all the major areas of divorce — property division, child custody and visitation, child support and spousal support. […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

If you’re the target of any type of legal action and you don’t show up in court, you run the risk of losing by default. This is called a “default judgment.” Earlier this month, R&B singer and late-night talk show host Brian McKnight learned that lesson the hard way: Because McKnight failed to respond to […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

According to David Harris, director of the Georgia Fatherhood Program, parents who are regularly involved with their children are three times better at making their child support payments than those who have little or no contact with their children. Last year, approximately 4,300 people — both fathers and mothers — took part in the Fatherhood […]

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