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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.
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Why would you want to suspend them? Why is he behind? Is he laid off and is becoming embarrassed about not being able to pay?
Can child support be cut in half because of unemployment?
In general, child support is a percentage of net income. In Illinois, for example, it's 20% of net income for one child, 25% for two, etc.
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What are a parent's obligations in New Mexico once a child turns 18?
Child support terminates when the child becomes emancipated, or when the child graduates from high school if the children are emancipated only by age, are under nineteen and are attending high school; and
If the parties have a written agreement, the court may order and enforce child support for the maintenance and education after high school of emancipated children.
40-4-7 of the New Mexico Statutes.
Will someone who fails to pay child support be tried in federal court?
No. Child support cases are handled by the state court that issued the child support order.
No. Child support cases are handled by the state court that issued the child support order.
No. Child support cases are handled by the state court that issued the child support order.
No. Child support cases are handled by the state court that issued the child support order.
Can you lose your US green card if you do not pay your child support in Canada?
Civil court judgements against an individual will not endanger a permanent resident's status. However, criminal court proceedings (both in the US and a person's home country) have to potential to affect a person's US immigration status. The status of your child custody arrangement will have an impact on US immigration's viewpoint, too. While Family Court is usually a civil concern, it can have criminal overtones, too, particularly if you are seriously in arrears and have had a bench warrant issued for failure to pay.
You should talk to an immigration lawyer in the US, and possibly have them speak to a Family Law attorney in Canada, as the exact nature of your situation will undoubtably be complex, and there is no good general answer that can be given here.
No. The child doesn't get to decide until the age of 18. Until then, if there is court-ordered visitation, it must be followed. The child does not have the option of refusing. If there is a *legitimate* reason that the child does not want to visit the non-custodial parent, then the custodial parent needs to go back to court and request that the visitation order be modified.
What can happen to a baby whose father used heroin while the child was conceived?
Scientifically, nothing. The mother would have to be using for any defects.
Do you have to pay child support if you were never married?
Yes. The point is not whether you were married or not but that that is your child you are obligated to care for.
Does child support automatically end when the child reaches 19 or do you have notify the courts?
I was told that it ends when the child turns 18 inless they owe money in child support but I would ask the courts. I was told that it ends when the child turns 18 inless they owe money in child support but I would ask the courts.
Do you have to repay extra child support payments made by the father?
No, if the father of your child has given you extra money, it is considered a gift and does not have to be repaid. This is why it is recommended that no cash be exchanged between parents and only through a child support recovery unit.
How long do you pay child support in Newfoundland?
Apparently, you pay child support until the child or children reaches the age of 18 .
You never agreed to any responsibility regarding that child, you weren't involved in the adoption in any way, and have no parental rights or responsibilities to that child.
Who gets Backdated child support paid after 27 years?
Provide the claim is kept current, and the obligee was not on Welfare at some point, than it would be the parent owed it.
Your child is in intensive care and on a ventilator will she know what is going on?
well i was inintensive care and on a ventilator not that long ago. my parents and family were by my bedside most of them time i was sedated as i was fighting against the ventilator 'breathing out when the ventilator was breathing in' i could still hear my family talking and the doctors saying what they were doing to me which upset me as they were giving my injections and i couldn't respond as i had the breathing tube in my mouth and i was heavily sedated which paralysed my muscles so i couldn't move. after a few days i got weaned off the ventilator but found it hard to breathe so i got put back on it and i finally got taken off it on the next day but i still had to be on it at night.It wasn't that bad but it did upset me when i couldn't respond to my actions. Aimee Page Age:11
How much is the fine if your child drives with a permit and no parent?
Each State is different. Call the DMV
I am 50 years old. My father never paid child support. Can my mother still collect?
Provided that he didn't, which is often not so certain, she would have needed to keep up an active claim every 24 months after you turned 18. A new claim cannot be filed now. see related link
Does a father owe child support if child adopted by another?
In most adoptions, the rights/responsibilities of the biological parents are terminated.
Can the mother of a new child modify the fathers child support from a previous marriege?
No, the father must support his previous child. You knew this when you had a new child with him.
Are the parents still responsible for finacially supporting two minors that get married?
If they are married they are emancipated through the fact they are married, so I would say no.
What if your son owes back child support and taxes-will his inheritance be affected?
The State's child support agency and the revenue agency(s) will likely file estate claims to collect that money.Even if he pre-decease his parents.
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Can you get an inheritance if you owe child support?
A lien can be placed on an inheritance for child support arrears. If the custodial parent knows of your pending inheritance a claim can be filed in the estate and the executor must pay it out of your inheritance.
