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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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How can the government pay your parents for child care?
If the grandparents have had custody the parents of the child have to pay them child support. If you by child care mean daycare that is also the parents who pay for that.
If you file for child support - and then withdraw your case - can you refile?
Yes. You can always open a case again you have withdrawn. You can also file for a modification of an existing child support judgement.
Yes, but he could file for custody. Not tomorrow, nor next week. Take a month and prepare. see links below.
18 if there is no legal agreement between parents or a court order.
anything younger than 18 requires one or both.
In general, child support is a percentage of net income - in Illinois, 20% for one child. When calculating support for younger children, support actually ordered and paid for older child[ren] is subtracted from net income.
Is there non-court ordered child support in New York State?
No, and a father should never pay without a court order.
What happens if a green card holder doesn't pay child support?
They would get prosecuted in the 1st instance and run the risk of deportation and would at the minimum struggle to get the Green Card renewed and also be unlikely to be able to apply for citizenship
If your ex hasn't paid child support in a month do you have to send your child for visitation?
He's not paying for the right to see his child or for the child's right to see his father. He's paying for the upkeep of the child. Think of the message that will send to the child; If you father can not pay you have no right to see him. If he's not paying you have to go to court. Starting to mess with the custody agreement on your own will just cause trouble.
In California does a biological father have to file for custody or is it automatic?
Single fathers have no assumed rights in any state 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 seek other means of establishing his paternity and that is done through paternity test. A paternity test can be arranged through the court and once established the father can request visitations, custody and set up child support for the child.
If a child visits the Dad for 3 weeks should he still pay the mother child support?
Honestly, I think the dad SHOULD pay child support even though I don't!!!
Can I ignore a custody order if child will be sharing a room with another child of the opposite sex?
The first six words of this question are all that really matter.
The answer is no. Unless you want to go to jail, of course.
If there are factors (such as the one you describe) that weren't known to the court at the time the order was issued and you feel these might make a difference , then you need to petition the court to have the custody order changed. You can never just ignore it.
Can you have the mothe sign something so she cant go to court later to make you pay child support?
The courts will not enforce such an agreement, it would be contrary to public policy.
Does the father have to sign the birth certificate in Louisiana?
Since 30% of single mothers do not know who the father is, that's not possible. see link below
How do you stop loving the person you have a child with and that hurts you?
Thats the problem with love. You CAN make you love stop. By just programming yourself you dont love him anymore or even better start hating him.... But is this what you really want.. Because other then explained above. Love is a very strong tool to overcome everything.
Just if you really want to stop you from loving him because of... just imagine him doing that what you dont like or even hate about him. Example: if you know he is cheating on you, imagine him cheating.. Love will end... But it will break your heart as well...
All depends on why you want it and how much you really want it.
If you are not certain. Start fighting FOR his love instead of fighting AGAINST your love for him.
Good luck!
Paying child support if the child is using drugs?
Typically, the custodial parent of a minor continues to receive child support until the minor becomes an adult or is emancipated.
Up to the statutory limits for your state. Depending on the state, she has until the child is 23 to file. Anything you have been paying can be considered a gift. You need to immediately request a voluntary order to be established. see links below
There must be a significant change in circumstances. You can petition the court and request a modification of the custody order. Your arrears will remain and you must pay them.
There must be a significant change in circumstances. You can petition the court and request a modification of the custody order. Your arrears will remain and you must pay them.
There must be a significant change in circumstances. You can petition the court and request a modification of the custody order. Your arrears will remain and you must pay them.
There must be a significant change in circumstances. You can petition the court and request a modification of the custody order. Your arrears will remain and you must pay them.
The state of residence of the obligor, which than transfers it to the other state, who can than claim not to have received it.
Who is paying for the school? Is it a scholarship or a relative? As long as it is not the person required to pay child support it really doesn't matter. The child still needs clothes, uniforms, health insurance, all sorts of things. Sorry, you don't get out of paying child support based on where the kid goes to school.
If a DNA test is court ordered and you did not get the notice what happens?
You can possibly go to jail by not showing up. If you get a notice it would be best to go. Otherwise you could possibly be police escorted.
------ If it is court ordered, you will be served by a police officer. If you don't receive the notice, either there is no court order or they have wrong info on where you live. If you were not served, that is not your fault. If you were served and are thinking about saying that you weren't, bad idea. If you weren't served I wouldn't worry about it.
