Child Support

I would venture to say an 18 year old is EITHER in the military or in high school. Not both.

If there is a significant change in your income from any source, your child support payments will likely go up. Also, the State will probably intercept the lottery payment for any past-due support.

Decisions made by the trial court (the lowest level court) can be appealed to the next level.

You cannot voluntarily relinquish parental rights under Pennsylvania law unless the child is being adopted. The courts may involuntarily terminate parental rights under specific (and dire) circumstances.

Many people are operating under the false assumption that signing over their rights absolves them of child support responsibilities when often, it does not....not unless the child is legally adopted by another adult willing and able to assume financial responsibility for the child.

Yes if the citizen is the biological father of the minor child. The status of the foreign national person is not relevant when the issue is child support.

However, the undocumented immigrant will be required to report their status to USCIS and follow the procedures that are required by U.S. immigration laws. A person who is within the jurisdiction of the U.S. is, regardless of the situation may be subject to deportation and/or imprisonment.

With the exception of cases involving Welfare, child support is not mandatory in any state. However, this is not a good idea for the obligor parent, especially one who wishes to simply pay the other parent directly.

In a California case, the children (age 18 & 22) of a separated man were allowed to sue their father for $134 million dollars in retroactive child support. The parents were never married. However, since 1988 the father voluntarily paid the mother $18,000.00 a month in child support, without a court order, so it was a called gift by the court.

First your paycheck with your NET take home pay (net pay after all deductions) that you have in your hand will not have anything withheld from it because it is issued to you after all of the necessary taxes and other amounts that the employer is required to withhold from your gross wages, salary, earnings, etc.

You should get this information from your employer payroll department as they will be the one that would know how much FICA, federal income tax, state income, local taxes, etc they will have to withhold from your hourly pay or gross pay for the pay period. They will do this before they issue your net take home paycheck to you

Yes, in Florida, if a parent fails to pay their child support they are in contempt of court. The judge may give the parent a specific period of time to pay this amount. And If they fail to do so they face a heavy consequences and may be sent to jail. Check out this article "Penalties for Failure to Pay Child Support in Florida

" from Bickman Law Website.

of course you still have to pay child support, that child came from YOUR loins. You are responsible for providing for that child, even if you choose not to be in their life. Maybe if you stuck around they wouldn't have dropped out to begin with. Just saying..

Unless you have joint custody, the person paying the child support pays it every month regardless if the child is spending time with the other parent. Child support payments are figured for the year, not just month to month.

No. Texas Family Code section 154.069 states that no spousal income may be considered when computing child support. That's either the custodial or noncustodial parent's spouse.

Here is a link:

http://tlo2.tlc.state.tx.us/statutes/docs/FA/content/htm/fa.005.00.000154.00.htm

Here is the text:

§ 154.069. NET RESOURCES OF SPOUSE. (a) The court may

not add any portion of the net resources of a spouse to the net

resources of an obligor or obligee in order to calculate the amount

of child support to be ordered.

(b) The court may not subtract the needs of a spouse, or of a

dependent of a spouse, from the net resources of the obligor or

obligee.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, § 1, eff. April 20, 1995.

Just mixing their sperm is not enough to create a child. The only way to create a fetus is to have a female gamete - i.e. egg - fertilised by a male gamete - i.e. sperm. So the two men could mix their sperm, but they would not know which had fertilised the egg, and would not know who the father would be.

Assuming that the court determines that the father was given proper notice, the court will likely enter an default order for support.

Nothing happens. The complaint can be brought again. If the purported father wants to know if he is the biological parent he can request a DNA test if the child is a minor. If the child is not a minor then it must be voluntary.

File for custodial rights in the appropriate state court in the city or county of residence. Be advised that the mother's illegal status is irrelevant in custodial proceedings as US law presumes both biological parents have equal rights to a child until a court rules otherwise. Furthermore, if the couple were not married the law presumes the mother (illegal or not) retains full custodial rights to the child until the father establishes paternity, files suit for parental rights and a ruling is made by the court.

Maybe, obviously if the order(s) pertains to two or more children residing in different jurisdictions then it's legal. The other reason might be that the child support was in arrears therefore the government agency or court of jurisdiction in that state is allowed to collect money owed.

Apply to "Vital Statistics" in your State (under births/deaths) and you may be able to get the forms online. Go to: www.google.com then type in "Forms for Birth Registration in the State of ____________." Good luck Marcy * When the father does not sign the birth certificate at the time of birth the court will require a notarized affidavit from the father acknowledging his paternity before the birth certificate can be amended. If the father does not wish to comply, the birth mother must file a petition with the court to order a paternity test.

Perhaps, even if the court grants a Termination of Parental Rights petition it does not mean the requesting parent will be relieved of his or her financial obligation, that decision is made by the judge. A TPR is not a venue to allow a parent to escape their financial obligation to a minor child, if that is the sole purpose of the petition it will not be granted. Generally a TPR is only granted to allow a minor child to be eligible for legal adoption by a new spouse or party.

Every state has different laws about this type of situation. In most states if the father does not pay any child support at all and has had no communication with the child for over 6 months, it is considered child abandonment and their rights can be taken away from them.

It depends on the details, but for most pensions, benefits stop with the death of the individual concerned, or possibly upon the death of their spouse.

So, probably not.

A child centred approach is basically where every child can communicate, make connections and have a choice, which goes on to freedom to think, experience, explore, ask questions, and search for answers.

In the UK it is your responsibility to file a tax return if you think you may owe tax but you won't have to pay any tax on child maintenance payments you receive in the UK.

Similarly in the US The person paying child support cannot deduct those payments on a tax return and child support is not included in the income of the person getting the payments.

yes, if you meet the requirements

IRS Deduction

Regardless of any custody agreement, or court order the IRS has it's own definition of who the custodial parent is. Section 152(e)(4) defines custodial parent as the parent having custody for the greater portion of the calendar year and noncustodial parent as the parent who is not the custodial parent. If you feel that the mother may challenge this, or attempt to claim the child as well you can also double cover your back by having the Mom fill out form 8332, which basically says "I am the custodial parent of this child, and I am giving up my rights to claim the child this year.

The IRS rule is that if you have the child for more than half of the year, and they literally mean 183 days, you are the custodial parent.

Time spent in Day Care and/or School is deducted from the total.

That's dependent on state laws and related circumstances. In California, if you file for a reduction due to a layoff, 20% of the income of your spouse or S/O can be used in the calculations. But, all child support is rebuttable. see link to learn more.

In Illinois, unfortunately, child support does not end at the age of 18. In fact, if the child is continuing on to higher education, child support can continue up to the age of 21!!! Honestly, it makes sense that it should end at 18 since the kid is a LEGAL ADULT at that point and should be able to take care of himself at this point - but that's Illinois for you. Now I'm pretty sure that at this point (past age 18), the checks can be made out to the child instead of the 'parent guardian' - however this change of who's name is on the checks should be made known officially through the courthouse so that child support is OBSERVED as being paid. Always smart to pay through a mediator (courthouse) to avoid false claims of 'non-receipt'. (Only reason I know is because I married a man who divorced in that state and found out about circumstances pertaining to child support; he will HAVE to pay child support until the child reaches the age of 18, regardless, and then will HAVE to continue if the child continues on to college.) Also, in Illinois there is a certain percentage of a paying parent's income that 'must' be given up to child support - doesn't matter how much he makes - last I checked it was, I believe, 20%.