Child Support

What kind of question is that? Are you seriously a non custodial parent that even thinks that is a question. You don't want to take your kids to their activities? Its called being an involved parent. The law doesnt need to be addressed, you need to step up to the plate and be a parent.

According to the IRS, the only person who can claim a child as a dependent on a tax return is a relative (to include step parents, foster parents, etc) who provided custodial support for the child for more than 50% of the year. In other words, if the child lives with you for at least 183 out of 365 days during the tax year, you can claim him/her. If the child lived with you for 182 days or less, you cannot. It does not matter if another parent is paying child support.

Well if your child is under the age 21 and not in school you will need to get that child emanicipated in court then child support will stop. But in order to be emanicipated that child will need to A) Be out of school for 4 months and not be enrolled in college B) Have employment and be capable of supporting themselves C) not be under the control of either parent If the child is still in school like college you can have it modified through the court to help pay for educational needs.

Not unless the grandparent is the legal guardian. You need parent's permission to take their children ANYWHERE.

no, but he can't

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Termination of parental rights does not terminate child support.

The parent(s) can put anyone's name on the birth certificate.

This statement is not true in the state of Kansas. My son had a child with a married woman who was separated from her husband. In the state of Kansas the husband is always considered the father of the child. In order to get the true parent's name on the birth certificate a divorce has to take place and then the real parent has to go to court to ask for his name to be put on the birth certificate.

A divorce is not needed but the biological father has to provide proof via a DNA test and show the court and then his name can be put on the birth certificate.

File for contempt of court on the child support, but there's nothing that can be done about him not seeing the child as that could open a can of worms incurring the anger of feminists. If you started doing that they would have to start charging mothers for violating the father's court ordered visitation rights, which 60% of fathers are denied access according to the US Dept. of Health & Human Services study, "Survey of Absentee Parents" over 60% of mothers regularly violate the access rights of fathers. They will cut off all contact between the children and their fathers within five years. Unlike child support, mothers are not jailed, even with multiple Contempt of Court ruling against them for violating the fathers' court ordered visitation rights.

Can you imagine arresting 60% of custodial mothers?

yes, it the judge orders it.. foster care does not exempt you.

Petition the court to terminate the visitation with th guardian until the jailed parent is released from jail.

In most States child support ends upon the emancipation of the child. If you and your child's other Parent has entered into an agreement to continue child support beyond high school for college expenses, the child should start school after the summer ends, unless otherwise stated or agreed. If however, the child is sick, or has a good reason to postpone school, you should have your agreement modified to specify when the child is to start college and should he/she quit school or produce failing grades, child support ends. Good Luck.

If the father is on SSI the child is entitled to check too from SSI. If the paternity of the child has been established you are fine. You can contact SSI with the childs birth record, file a child support action and the child will receive his own check. If paternity has not been established hire and attorney or contact you local child support enforcement agency.

There is a great degree of variation among states. Joint legal custody is routine in some states, but joint physical custody is not, and the factors considered by the court for joint physical custody vary significantly among states. Anyone considering joint custody should contact a local attorney regarding this question. About 90% of divorce cases are settled out of court, though, and most joint custody is established this way. Judges will rarely change an arrangement that has been established by the parents.

The legal status of joint custody may eventually change. Supreme Court decisions have found parental rights to be guaranteed by the Constitution. Because a fundamental right cannot be denied without a compelling state interest that cannot be achieved by any less restrictive means, some legal scholars believe that, in the absence of abuse or neglect, parents have a right to both legal and physical joint custody (Canackos, 1981; Robinson, 1985). This theory has not been tested in court.

[This answer was excerpted from "Questions and s About Joint Custody" by Rick Kuhn.]

References:

Canacakos, Ellen. "Joint Custody as a Fundamental Right", Arizona Law Review, Vol. 23, 1981.

Robinson, Holly. "Joint Custody: Constitutional Imperatives", University of Cincinnati Law Review, 1985.

No, it doesn't; you have to file to terminate it. In my case, my son turned 18 while he was still in high school. The court order stated that support was to continue until he turned 18, or left high school, which ever was later. Even after graduation, child support payments continued until I filed proof with the court that he had graduated.

Well, you need to get the issue sorted out before very much time goes by. Dr. Phil had a show in November regarding this issue. Your husband needs to know that another man is the father. This is one of those unpleasant consequences of behavior. If the husband doesn't want to adopt the child, the biological father will owe you child support. You need to get it straightened out now because should you later divorce, it has a good chance of becoming a problem for you and the child.

A person who has been appointed as a legal guardian can voluntarily relinquish his duty to the ward. That is the word which describes the person the guardian is supposed to be caring for, tending to his property, and other obligations for the welfair of the ward. The court where the guardianship was created is generally a probate court, or a special court for matters which concern children. The court acts with 'orders'. An order is a written instruction from the court. In cases where a guardian is not fullfilling his duties as prescribed by the law of the particular state, the court can revoke the guardianship. Guardianship is what all of the guardian-ward relationship is called. It is controlled by the specific law of the particular state. Because a guardian can legally act only within his instructions from the court, the guardian can be removed from his legal ability to act with the person or property of the ward. The court supervises what the guardian does. But the court generally does not do much of anything unless the questions are brought to the court by written documents presented to the court. For example, if the ward is unhappy with what the guardian is doing with his person or property, the ward has to approach the court for the court to consider the situation; or if the ward wants the guardianship to be ended or a diffierent guardian appointed, the ward or someone with an legally accepted interest in the situation has to approach the court for the court to consider the situation and the desires of the ward. or if a person with a legally accepted interest in the situation has questions about the extent of the order of the court empowering the guardian to act about the property or person of the ward, the matter must be brought to the attention of the court. The court evaluates the complaints and questions and decides if the guardian is acting in the best interests, or reasonable interests of the ward, if the court, after hearing all the information decides that the guarding is not acting in the interest of the ward, the guardian can be removed and replaced, or the guardianship altogether might be done away with because it is no longer needed.

I live in Ohio and I do believe the child in question must live with the parent MORE than 50% of the year for that particular parent to be "the Residential Parent". In my case, it was described in the Divorce Decree that I was to be the sole custodian and residential parent.

If you need further info, try calling the Ohio State Bar Association and see if they can point you in the right direction or give you the info you need- they may even be able to do it for "free". :)

peggy

Rule One: You must make all your court ordered child support payments or you will be in contempt of a court order.

If you "gave extra money" and have proof in the form of a cancelled check, it may or may not be counted against future payments. It may be considered a gift. It would be up to the court to decide.

This will depend on which country you live in?

Yes, you will have to file for a change in the order but you can get it end if your child gets married. If they are in college and get married, that eliminates your duties of paying child support in most states.

A 16-year-old cannot leave home without his parents consent unless he has been emancipated. You would be picked up by the police and returned home. If someone takes you in when you runaway, then they could be facing charges for doing so. Texas does have laws against harboring a runaway. They could also face charges for contributing to the delinquency of a minor, and possibly other charges as well.

Generally, yes, if you have full physical custody. It's normal for things to happen that way... the custodial parent receives child support payments from the non-custodial parent in order to help pay for the child's, well, support... but really it all depends on what the court decree says, and there might potentially be cases in which the court rules otherwise.

Yes it does. Because for example, if someone was named Bobby and his last name was Shoe, (Bobby Shoe) and your name was Bobby but your last name wasn't Shoe then you would still be Bobby the second!

Technically no. But you may use the suffix of Jr. or II to differentiate between you and your father. When signing a legal document it is better to drop the suffix and always use your middle initial as it is written on your birth certificate.

The age of majority in Canada is 18 or 19 years, depending on the province or territory where your child lives.