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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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What does a father have to do to not pay child support in georgia?
In general, to terminate child support, you need to show the court that: you have custody of the child; the child is deceased; the child has been adopted; the child is emancipated; the child has attained majority; and/or you have no income other than public assistance; AND, you do not owe any past-due support.
Can i add a non biological father to a birth certificate if don't know the real father?
Yes you can remove a non biological father's name from a child's birth certificate and add the biological father's name. However, you must have a DNA test to disprove paternity of non biological father and another proving paternity of biological father. With these tests you can make an application (through your attorney, who would prepare the necessary paper work) to the court to remove the non biological father's name from the birth certificate. According to the law in your country, you might need the approval of the biological father to have his name added to the child's birth certificate.
Does a women have to prove a man is the father before she can put him on child support?
Yes. Paternity must be proven by a DNA test before a support order can be entered UNLESS the father agrees that he is the daddy. Then no test is required.
Can you delay a contempt of court order?
I have been trying to collect the court ordered child support ordered and with no luck. Now I have filed a contempt of court order and it is due before the judge shortly. Is it possible for him to delay it any longer, or is the appearance before the judge final?
What can an eighteen year old do about a deadbeat dad who is in arrears sixteen years?
If a person commits criminal offense then voluntary admits himself into a mental heath facility, can the police go arrest him.
If there is no will, the probate code of your state will determine the "order of heirship" and the fact that the father may not have been married to the child's mother may be irrelevant. In Illinois, as an example, if there is a spouse and a "descendent" (doesn't say child -- could be grandchild...but must be related by blood or adoption by the decedent) but no will, the spouse gets half and the child gets half.
If there is a will, then the will normally determines what the wife gets regardless of children. However if the wife is "cut out" or is given less in the will than she would get if there was no will, most states allow a wife to "renounce" a will but then she gets what she would get if there was no will. If there was no child as in this instance, she might then get everything. But again you must check the laws of your state to determine what a spouse is entitled to receive in case of the renouncement of a will. If there is a child, it maybe again like Illinois 50/50.
As with all these type of questions, it's up to the interpretation of the court.
How do you file for emancipation from child support after he enters the military?
File in the venue that issued the most recent order for support.
Can a parent legally serve alcohol to his child in Georgia?
Parents can serve liquor to their own underaged children in their own homes or other private settings, but they cannot serve it to other people's children. If they serve liquor to their own children and then allow the child to drive, that could be an entirely different matter.
Press release 2007:
"Attorney General Thurbert Baker, the Federal Trade Commission and Ralph Blackman, President and CEO of The Century Council, a national not-for-profit organization dedicated to stopping drunk driving and underage alcohol consumption joined forces today to launch a public awareness campaign in Georgia to prevent underage drinking. The initiative, called "We Don't Serve Teens," was developed by The Federal Trade Commission and is designed to inform adults that providing underage drinkers with alcohol is unsafe, illegal, and irresponsible. Baker and Blackman were joined at the launch of the initiative by Bob Dallas, the Director of Georgia Governor's Office of Highway Safety, Deputy Chief Carlos Banda of the Atlanta Police Department, Fred Kitchens of the Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of Georgia, Tom Copeland of National Distributing, and Stony McGill of the Georgia Alcohol Dealers Association."
An unmarried father has no right to keep the child from her mother unless there is a court order to that effect. He has no personal legal authority to keep the child. In the absence of any order, if he takes the child and fails to return the child to the mother she should call the police.
Generally, if the parents are unmarried the mother has sole custody and control in most states until the father can establish his paternity. Remember, a child's mother can always be identified by medical records. Since the father didn't give birth and he was not legally married at the time of the birth he must establish his paternity by signing the birth certificate at the time of birth (waiving DNA testing rights) which must be done with mother's consent.
If he doesn't sign the birth certificate then he must seek another way to establish his paternity and that is done through a DNA test. A paternity test can be arranged through the court. Once paternity is established in court, the father can request visitations or custody through the court. If the mother retains physical custody she can request that the court issue a child support order. If the father gets physical custody he can request a child support order.
What is the minimum income needed to support a house hold called?
It comes under many names - dependent on the country you're in. Here in the UK - it's called a 'living wage'.
What is the procedure to forgive back child support?
It requires a motion to the court and approved by the judge. However, a separate motion must also be presented to address any interest penalties which can double and triple any amount owed and if not automatically set aside with the arrears.
Do you have to go back to court to end child support at the age of 18 in Florida?
Yes, any changes in the child support order has to be done in court. It does not end automatically.
Whowhat is a Court support specialist?
A Court support Specialist is another name for a process server employed by the Police department Court support Bureau. in charged of serving civil documents
Can you make a monthly payment for your child support and not have a garnishment?
Can you make a monthly payment for your child support and not have it garnishment out of your payroll each week
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In California, the income of a second spouse or S/O must be included in consideration for a modification. It is limited to a maximum of 20% and is generally only used if the obligor cannot maintain child support payments due to circumstances such as being laid off. Other states are considering similar modifications to the child support rules to address the grow number of men being laid off.
See link about getting a modification and modifying child support arrears.
Can a mother of one child file an injunction to stop this child's marriage?
If the child is underage, a marriage license should not have been issue without both signatures.
How does he have any visitation rights with a custody and child support order?
How do you know if you owe child support fees?
Its pretty easy to find out, especially if you know the county it was registered in. If you know the county, go to the clerk of courts for that county and most will let you do a public search. If you don't know the county, do a google search for "dead beat parents" and there are quite a few sites that will let you look state to state to find them! I did that and within 10 minutes I found out quite a lot of information!!
Can a state attorney close a case if the child is under 18 years of age?
I assume you mean a child support case and the answer is yes if, for example, the child is deceased, the parents have married or reunited, or the custodial parent or other caretaker is not cooperating in the process.
Where can i get a cash payout for spousal support payments?
Spousal support payments are not a "sure thing," which is a key element in a cash settlement. While the support/alimony is court-ordered it is not guaranteed, and there is no lender or settlement company that wish to engage in chasing down a spouse to secure payments that were assigned to you. You cannot assign the payments to a lender/settlement company.
Legally, no. But you two ought to get a court order legitimizing this arrangement.
The judge is the one who renders the final decision regarding child custody, child support, financial maintenance, and property division.
In general, parental rights are terminated either preparatory to an adoption, or after a trial in which it is determined that the parent is unfit. In any case, termination of parental rights does not, in itself, terminate child support.
