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Child Support
Get help here on any issues around payment and non-payment of child support. Custody and visitation rights issues are legally separate from support and have their own topic. Be advised that many answers here apply only to the United States and may not apply anywhere else.
8,359 Questions
Where can you get a fake child paternity test?
Wow psycho, why would you even want one. If you are the mom, step up, the dad should do the same. If you are some crazy woman trying to trap a man, you are truly disturbed. Remember, men don't stick around just because they have a kid with someone. You would just be prolonging the same tragic results. He will leave you because he never wanted to be with you in the first place. Then you just involve an innocent kid. DUMB STUFF
Does the money in your account matter for child custody battle?
Only as regards how much of it the attorney representing you will be needing.
How long can a custodial parent collect arrears after child is emancipated in NJ?
There is no statute of limitations on collecting past-due child support.
The child is almost an adult, it seems a bit late to ask for child support now. By the time this get to court, the point may be moot. However, in some jurisdictions the court will reach back to assess child support.
You need to consult an attorney.
Can a parent get SSI for more than one child or do they have to split the SSI?
Each child's eligibility must be established separately.
Does wife have to return child support for child that goes to college?
That depends on what the laws and the court order say. In most cases, children in higher education continue to receive child support.
College isn't free, someone has to pay for it.
When you have custody of child can you claim child till they are eighteen?
The rules are related to time spent with each parent.
IRS Deduction
Regardless of any custody agreement, or court order the IRS has it's own definition of who the custodial parent is. Section 152(e)(4) defines custodial parent as the parent having custody for the greater portion of the calendar year and noncustodial parent as the parent who is not the custodial parent. If you feel that the mother may challenge this, or attempt to claim the child as well you can also double cover your back by having the Mom fill out form 8332, which basically says "I am the custodial parent of this child, and I am giving up my rights to claim the child this year. It can be found at
The IRS rule is that if you have the child for more than half of the year, and they literally mean 183 days, you are the custodial parent.
Time spent in Day Care and/or School is deducted from the total.
You are currently paying your chld support arrears and you want to know if it can be written off?
Only with the agreement of the other parent (and, possibly the State), and the courts.
"Or" the courts. Depending on the cause of the arrears, you can make your case to forgive arrears outside your control, such as the result of a retroactive order on a child you did not know existed.
see links below
If a person receives 2 court papers for dismissal for lack of prosectution in regards for child support. Is there a time period that person has to reopen the case
If the mother filed for it, and if the judge approves a retroactive order.
Ask your attorney or call the court house for the correct answer before you share accounts.
Is a father's rights terminated if he pays child support?
Paying child support will not cause the father to lose his parental rights - neither will not paying child support.
Can you stop voluntary termination of rights to child before court finalization?
I'm not sure, but I would think this would be similar to a birth mothert having a certain length of time to change her mind before the adoption of her baby is final. If voluntary relinquishment of parental rights has not been finalized, then you just may be able to stop it if you act in time. Contact an attorney to find out what you need to do to stop it.
Can a lien for child support be lifted on a car you bought in Washington state?
Not until the arrearages for the support are paid.
When I give up parental rights do you have to pay child support in the state of Maryland?
It may help to understand the point of view of the law.
You have a child. You are responsible to care for and provide for that child until it becomes an adult. Almost nothing else matters. It doesn't matter if the child doesn't live with you, it doesn't matter if you don't get to see the child, it doesn't matter if the child hates you and wishes you were dead, it doesn't matter if the child doesn't know you from Adam's off ox. That's what child support is for, to provide for the child. If you didn't want this responsibility, the court will reason, you shouldn't have been doing the sorts of things that might result in you having a child in the first place... it's not like we have no idea what causes that.
If the child is provided for sufficiently without you paying child support, then the court has discretion in the matter. However, just "giving up your parental rights" doesn't absolve you from the requirement to make any existing or future child support payments that may be mandated by a court.
In Arizona can you put the fathers last name on birth certificate if he is not present?
No - he must sign an acknowledgment of paternity.
How do you stop child support in Phoenix Arizona?
Assuming the child has aged out, you make an official request with child support enforcement to have the order modified. see link below
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If he never established court ordered parental rights, than you would have no standing in the court for an action. Single fathers have no assumed rights to their children until approved by the courts. Check with the grandparent group below for more help.
