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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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A few lenders will accept a notarized statement from the obligated or custodial parent showing the amount of support being received if there are accompanying verifiable documents. If support payments are being made via the state's CSEA or DFS or other such agency the information can be obtained there.
However, many lenders will not include child support as income for any type loan. Those lenders who do consider the support monies will require it to have been in affect for a specific amount of time and payments to be timely and current.
Received notice that ex-husband filed bankruptcy and he owes child support what do you do?
Contact child support enforcement in your area immediately do not delay, this will have to be filed with his bankruptcy and he will still be required to pay, this is an obbligation not a choice. Do not delay.
What does a child care specialist do?
A child care specialist is a person who works in a child care center. They are also called child care or day care workers.
Do child support come out of federal work study?
>>"can child support come out of federal work study"
Federal Work Study monies are exempt from Child Support garnishment.
The basis for exempting Federal Work Study monies can be found at "20 USC1095a(d)".
As such, Federal Work Study monies are not subject to the inclusive provisions as set forth by "42 USC 659" and "5 CFR 581".
DISCLAIMER: Please note that I am not an attorney, and any answer I might provide is simply my opinion and as such should not be considered legal advice. You should contact an attorney who is well versed in matters of child support and family law matters before making any decisions in regard to family law matters.
What does lack of jurisdiction mean in child support cases?
"Lack of Jurisdiction" means that whatever court or agency it applies to does not have the authority to address the issue.
Can you sue a parent for claiming a child on taxes when you have court orders to claim them?
If the court has given costudy of the child to you and the child lives with you and you are the provider, but the other parent claims the child on his/hers taxes, this is illigal. Not only you can sue, but you need to report this person to the IRS and let them deal with him.
If you're receiving medicaid are you obligated to accept child support?
When you sign for state aid of any type, you relinquish the right to claim or not child support, as the obligor in many states is required to provide medical coverage, a provision of child support.
What does the rights of a child mean?
Persons who are under the age of legal majority --at Coomon Law , 21 years, now generally 18 years. According to the sense in which this term is used, it may denote the age of the person, the contractual disabilities that non-age entails, or his or her status with regard to other powers or relations.
Modern laws respecting the rights, obligations, and incapacities of children are rooted in ancient customs and practices. In 1765, SIR WILLIAM BLACKSTONE, in his Commentaries on the Laws of England, wrote that parents owe their children three duties: maintenance, protection, and education. Today, these three duties continue, and have been expanded by judicial and legislative advancements. The notion of CHILDREN'S RIGHTS has evolved into a highly controversial and dynamic area of law.
Common law held an infant, also called a minor or child, to be a person less than 21 years old. Currently, most state statutes define the age of majority to be 18. Although a person must attain the age of majority to vote, make a will, or hold public office, children are increasingly being recognized by society, legislatures, and the courts as requiring greater protections and deserving greater rights than they were afforded under common law. The law is caught in a tugof-war between two equally compelling and worthy societal interests: the desire to protect children from harmful situations and from their own immaturity and lack of experience, and the desire to give children as much autonomy as they can bear as soon as they can bear it.
In general, the question of child support arises when one or more of the parents is absent.
Can social security help you get child support if the father gets disability?
No, but the child is potentially eligible for RSDI payments based on his disabled father's eligibility, and these payments would count toward the father's child support obligation.
How do you stop child support in the state of N.M.?
Show the court that: 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 paychecks from 2 employers be garnished for child support in Missouri?
Yes, but the total collected cannot exceed the amount of current support plus an additional percentage (usually, 20%) for past-due support, if any.
What if they do not work and they have a child?
Are you asking for information on how to get Welfare? Or child support?
Can child support continue if your daughter lives with her mother but works full time?
Each state has different rules, but for the majority of the lower 48 it's till there 18. It is possibly to take it to court, and make an appeal. It also depends on how much the mother is making at her job. Forms forms forms at the courthouse.
Your daughter's income should not affect your own child support obligation. She could be saving up for college. What she makes should not offset what you owe.
What happens to child support when a child doesn't go to school regularly?
Probably custody is the proper discussion, not child support. Child support is for living expenses, not in return for certain behaviors you expect.
Certainly, as a parent, you still need to insist that the child attend school, even if it means that you are the one fetching and carrying the child to school. You definitely should be on the school's list as a contact for absences, progress reports and so on. There is no question that getting your child through high school or a GED at the proper age is important for their growth as young adults.
Yes, if that is ordered by the courts. In an Ohio case where a 14 year old boy got a 19 year old girl pregnant, his parents were ordered to pay support to the girlfriend.
Can child support be reduced if the custodial parent gets a job?
yes
It's possible but unlikely because, in general, child support is based on the obligor's net income.
In some countries like Australia, parental child support is based on a percentage of the non residential parent's net income. This amount is regardless of what the residential parent earns. The governmental child assistance amount changes according to the residential parent's income. (In the case of Aus, RESIDENCY means whichever parent had the child living with them at the time. CUSTODY means whichever parents has the responsibility for decisionson the child's life. Generally this means both parents unless neglect, violence etc is involved)
Can you still get child support from the father if you are not working?
If the term "was" indicates that the biological father of the child/children is still residing in the family home, then the answer to the question is, No. One of the issues considered when child support is awarded is the financial and living status the child/children would have had if the parents had stayed together. The issue of a SO or spouse not working to support his or her child is in most cases in most cases is not a legal matter when said person lives in the same residence, unless the family is fraudulently receiving public assistance. Likewise whether or not a non biological parent supports a child/children living in his or her household in matters not related to necessities (food, medical care, clothing, etc.) is a moral issue not a legal one.
Is a person owing child support reported to the credit bureau?
The State may do so after notice to the obligor, yes.
Are school lunches covered by child support?
School lunches are a general expense that can be paid from the amount received for child support.
School lunches are a general expense that can be paid from the amount received for child support.
School lunches are a general expense that can be paid from the amount received for child support.
School lunches are a general expense that can be paid from the amount received for child support.
What is a dismissed for want of prosecution on a child support case?
It means the case was closed, or dismissed. Usually this happens due to the petitioner failing to appear, or the alotted time required for the petitoner to complete an action has been exceeded. The matter can be refiled, though.
What is Joint legal Custody and partial Physical Custody?
Joint legal custody indicates that both parents have the right to make joint decisions on the raising of a child (education, health care, etc.). If there are conflicts in such decisions then it is only applicable if such disagreements are reasonable in the eyes of the court. If they are deemed "unreasonable" then the parent with primary physical custody or the court makes such determinations. Partial physical custody, indicates that the child spends a portion of his or her time (specified or otherwise) with the parent (weekends, holidays, summer vacation, etc.) but resides the majority of time with the primary custodial parent.
Well leagally your daughter is your responsibility untll she is 18 so, I guess it works the same but if you support your daughters kid then you basically do have the rights don't you?
AnswerIn most states Grandparents have many rights to their Grandchildren. So much so they have created laws to help protect our rights. I am raising my 16 year old daughter and helping by supporting my 4 month old Grandson both financially and emotionally. I have often thought about what I would do if something happened and I did not have access to seeing or being around him. I am going to check with the Court House regarding the laws of my state as to what rights I do have with my daughter living in my house and for the future when she chooses not to. Thankfully, I am a very supportive mother to my child and even though this was not planned my daughter is so blessed to have her son and would not change any decisions that she has made up to this time. Also, the father of the child is in the picture and we are at this time figuring out child support and visitation. He is a good person and I am also thankful for him being in his son's life. AnswerI just want to add a personal opinion. It was two months after my 15th b-day when i gave birth to my daughter. I lived at home until i finished highschool and both me and my parents say that i took soul responsibility for my child but also i could not have gone to school and have a part time job and still be able to drop off and pick up my child from daycare everyday if i did not have my parents support. i tell them often now that i could not have done it with out them. I still needed to beable to be my parents child and feel loved in this manner from them. I could not have been able to financially support myself on my part time job and still find time to be a single mother and a student. You are the only one who knows how many hours you are babysitting or parenting. i did not go to parties and hang out with my friends after school but i was on the swim team which i lettered in and i worked as a CNA on a work release program that my school offered. I did move out within two months of graduating from highschool because i felt that i need to be a parent and support my child but my mother always saw me as a child herself and found a lot of things that she would do different. But all and all in the end i raised her from 3 on living on are own and she is now a well rounded, well adjusted nine year old who does very well in school and has a great personality, very helpful and caring. you need to separate in your own mind if you are just not seeing what your daughter really is doing or if you are raising her child for her. you can adopt the child by going through leagel services if she is not doing it herself but remember she still sees herself as your little girl regardless and that may expain some of her immaturity towards you. Answeru can fight her for custody if u support the baby and she doesnt do anything even if she is 14 she still has to care for her child and if she doesnt then somebody has to and if dhs finds out she doesnt she can have the baby taken away so it would be in the babys best interest to get custodyWho is responsible for orthodontics?
If you and your ex husband are lucky enough to have Dental Insurance at work then both of you are responsible. If your husband has some insurance that covers this work then he should pay for it, but if he doesn't have coverage for dental then you both should split the difference. Marcy
Child support is based on actual income; one is not ordinarily allowed to exclude overtime, voluntary or otherwise. Re: the female you mention, it's possible that her overtime was scheduled to end soon; it's also possible that she got an improper break.
