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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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I have custody of my daughter i do not get child support every month her father lives in another state and wants her to come visit is it wrong if I say no?

Without knowing the full extent of your situation it's hard to say. If you have full legal custody, and your child's father has none, then legally you probably don't have to let him see her.

However, if he is a decent man (as in he won't harm your daughter, and loves her), then you may want to consider letting her visit him. She has a right to see her father, and he has a right to see his daughter. Just because you both are separated shouldn't harm your daughters relationship with either of you.

If your daughter is old enough, ask her if she would like to see him. She should really be the one to make the decision providing you know your husband won't harm her in any way.

Just married what is the best way to file if your husband owes child support in MD?

If by "just married" you mean you married in 2009, there is still time to avoid problems for 2009.

The best way to make sure that your tax refund is not taken away from you is to make sure you don't get a tax refund.

The reason people get tax refunds is because every week they have too much tax taken out of their paychecks. So you are essentially paying too much tax week after week. Then at the end of the year, you have to ask the government to repay all that money you overpaid.

Get a new Form W-4 from your employer's payroll or HR department. Fill it out and claim MORE withholding allowances. Note that Form W-4 asks for withholding allowances, not for exemptions. The number of withholding allowances can be more than the number of exemptions you claim on your 1040 at the end of the year. Claim enough allowances so that you will not be receiving a refund at the end of the year. (Hint: You can owe up to $1000 in federal taxes at the end of the year without penalty.) You can use this calculator to play around with different numbers of allowances to see how much tax will be taken out of your pay at different levels:

http://www.paycheckcity.com/NetPayCalc/netpaycalculator.asp

If you are receiving the Earned Income Credit (EIC), ask your employer for a Form W-5. That will allow you to receive a bit of your EIC in each paycheck instead of waiting until the end of the year to receive it all in one big lump sum.

Also ask for your state's equivalent of Form W-4 to adjust your state withholding.

Adjust your withholding down to the point where you are getting a very small refund or will owe a little bit of money at the end of the year. (Be sure to save up some money if you will owe at the end of the year.)

If you don't have a refund coming to you, no one can take it away from you and you save yourself all the hassle of filing innocent spouse forms and begging for your own money back. And you also get a bigger paycheck every week.

Your ex and you signed papers to stop child support but she now wants child support can she get payments?

It is to bad she should have consulted a lawyer and followed his advice, as she has signed the form stating she did not want any child support , and now she has a change of mind , she will have to talk with the husband and settle it.

My boyfriend has a son with his ex but she won't let him see him what can he do to try to get some visitation rightsThe court orders says he can have him every 1st3rd5th weekend of the month.?

He needs to go to the police with the court order and ask that a unit go with him to the home of the ex, with paperwork. Knock on the door and tell her she is going to be arrested for violating the court ordered visitation and open her eyes to the fact that she can not keep the boy from his father because she wants to be a b-----. If the police wont help then he needs to take her back to court and have her explain herself to the judge.

If you get remarried can your spouses inclome be included in your child support?

That's dependent of the state and related circumstances, such as you being unemployed or have a lower paying job than initially, resulting in a reduction in the support amount. In California they include 20% of the spouse or S/O. But, all child support is rebuttable. see related links.

Can a bank take the money you receive for child support to pay a past due credit card?

Yes, it is none of their concern what the money was for. If you deposited the money in your account than they can take it to pay any bills you owe them.

Does child support payments stop if my mom dies and I live with my boyfriend?

First off: if you're a minor, you don't get to decide where you live, so the "I live with my boyfriend" part is most likely not going to happen. You will have to live with whomever the court grants custody of you.

Normally, if your custodial parent dies, your other parent will become your custodial parent. In that case, yes, the child support payments will stop, because it's pointless for your father to pay child support to himself.

If the court grants custody to someone other than your father (most likely a blood relative, and almost certainly not your boyfriend), then they may order your father to make child support payments to them instead.

If you marry your boyfriend (depending on your age and whether or not your father is okay with it, in some states this might be possible), then you could live with him, but the child support payments would stop.

Your father may optionally elect to keep giving you money even if he's not legally obliged to.

What happens to the owed balance of child support payments when the order is reversed?

That issue should be addressed in the court order that "reversed" the prior child support order. You need to review the file. If there were arrears owed the amount should have fixed in the new order. If not, you need to return to court for a ruling.

That issue should be addressed in the court order that "reversed" the prior child support order. You need to review the file. If there were arrears owed the amount should have fixed in the new order. If not, you need to return to court for a ruling.

That issue should be addressed in the court order that "reversed" the prior child support order. You need to review the file. If there were arrears owed the amount should have fixed in the new order. If not, you need to return to court for a ruling.

That issue should be addressed in the court order that "reversed" the prior child support order. You need to review the file. If there were arrears owed the amount should have fixed in the new order. If not, you need to return to court for a ruling.

Does a disabled child have to see their father if he is abusing them?

Not if the child's caretaker has taken the appropriate action to protect the child from abuse and obtained a court order that prevents the child from being required to see the father. The caretaker should visit the family court immediately and ask to speak with an advocate or a representative from Child Protective Services.

Does a father have to pay child support if not married but the mother is living with him but the baby lives with her parents?

If the grandparents are legal guardians and the child is living with them, the both of you as the biological parents have to pay child support to the grandparents.

Does a father have the right to take full custody of a child if the mother is terminally ill and the step father is providing all the care?

That is up to a court to decide. The father cannot take that action on his own. He need to petition for full custody. However, if the child has been in a stable and loving home, and well cared for, the court is not likely to terminate the mother's custody at this terrible time unless it can be proven the child is endangered or being neglected.

That is up to a court to decide. The father cannot take that action on his own. He need to petition for full custody. However, if the child has been in a stable and loving home, and well cared for, the court is not likely to terminate the mother's custody at this terrible time unless it can be proven the child is endangered or being neglected.

That is up to a court to decide. The father cannot take that action on his own. He need to petition for full custody. However, if the child has been in a stable and loving home, and well cared for, the court is not likely to terminate the mother's custody at this terrible time unless it can be proven the child is endangered or being neglected.

That is up to a court to decide. The father cannot take that action on his own. He need to petition for full custody. However, if the child has been in a stable and loving home, and well cared for, the court is not likely to terminate the mother's custody at this terrible time unless it can be proven the child is endangered or being neglected.

Does a father have to pay child support if a child receives disability for ADHD?

Of course. A child received disability for ADHD because living with the disorder requires extra help that can add to the costs of raising and caring for the child. The mother still needs the father's financial help in supporting the child's day to day needs. The government should not be expected to do his job regarding the child he helped to bring into the world.

Of course. A child received disability for ADHD because living with the disorder requires extra help that can add to the costs of raising and caring for the child. The mother still needs the father's financial help in supporting the child's day to day needs. The government should not be expected to do his job regarding the child he helped to bring into the world.

Of course. A child received disability for ADHD because living with the disorder requires extra help that can add to the costs of raising and caring for the child. The mother still needs the father's financial help in supporting the child's day to day needs. The government should not be expected to do his job regarding the child he helped to bring into the world.

Of course. A child received disability for ADHD because living with the disorder requires extra help that can add to the costs of raising and caring for the child. The mother still needs the father's financial help in supporting the child's day to day needs. The government should not be expected to do his job regarding the child he helped to bring into the world.

How long before a mother's rights are terminated when a child has been left with the father?

There is no universal answer to your question. The mother's rights must be terminated by a court order. The father need to consult with an attorney who specializes in custody issues under the laws in your jurisdiction.

There is no universal answer to your question. The mother's rights must be terminated by a court order. The father need to consult with an attorney who specializes in custody issues under the laws in your jurisdiction.

There is no universal answer to your question. The mother's rights must be terminated by a court order. The father need to consult with an attorney who specializes in custody issues under the laws in your jurisdiction.

There is no universal answer to your question. The mother's rights must be terminated by a court order. The father need to consult with an attorney who specializes in custody issues under the laws in your jurisdiction.

If you signed over your parental rights is there any way to reverse that if the child was adopted by a step-parent?

Adoption cannot be revoked unless there were legal flaws in the adoption process, which is unlikely. You no longer have to pay maintenance (child support), but you also lose rights of access.

Do you pay child support for Dependent child that has a child in MS?

A child must be emancipated, and having a child does not emancipate a child in MS.

You just found out you have a child will you have to pay retro child support?

great news California is not a retro active state meaning they do not enforce back child support issues. They will only enforce it from the date of notice...

Can a lawyer garnish your child support and alimony checks for unpaid balance?

This depends on your state. I would imagine most places follow the same exemptions so I'll offer you my local knowledge. In Illinois child support is exempt. Normally anything that already has a pre-determined use (e.g. child support is considered spent on children's needs, food, school supplies etc. and therefore exempt). Alimony is also exempt.

If you are getting divorced and you have a child with your boyfriend do you need a paternity test done?

Whose name is listed on the birth certificate? If it is your boyfriend, when you file for divorce, notify your attorney that the child is not your husband's and that your ex will have no legal obligation towards your child.

If your boyfriend is not listed as the father, you need, for legal reasons, to have a paternity test done and have your boyfriend legally recognized as the father of your child.

Depending on your state laws, if the divorce is not final the husband is automatically put on the birth certificate. So, then yes, a paternity test has to be done to prove to the court it is not the husbands and the boyfriends which will be proven by the test. Also, depending on your state laws then the state will make the boyfriend pay child support regardless if you are living together or not.

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