Child Support

No, the support of children is the sole responsibility of the biological parent(s) not a new wife or husband. The income of the new spouse could be affected if the couple have joint accounts that are subject to attachment for child support arrearages or other judgment actions.

Contact your State's child support agency for an appointment. Bring all the paper with you - court orders, payment records, etc. Be polite but persistent. Good luck!

NO! Call they child support agency and find out why he stopped it and actually I don't think he can. Unless you have joint custody and placement he has to pay that is every states law. But do not use him not paying child support to withold your child you can be held in contempt of court. Those are two separate issues.

That is right, He cannot just stop paying. and I agree, do not use money to withold your child from seeing him. It will only hurt your child and then come back on you.

No. A new spouse is not obligated to pay for a child they did not help conceive.

Yes. It comes down to DNA. Of course, if the woman doesn't want the biological father to be a part of the child's life and have the husband raise her as his, then she really has no call asking for money.

If the arrangement is with the consent of the custodial parent and will be permanent then the custody and child support orders must be modified to reflect the change in legal custody. The parent in Texas needs to have their custody formalized by a court order so they can enroll the child in school, consent to medical treatment, etc. If the child support order is not modified the non-custodial parent may be subject to the accumulation of child support arrears.

I had a baby by a man who is married he is in child support already? he doesn't have a job but his wife does is she liable for paying child support for his child that he fathered outside his marriage . I would like to know can how this law is applied in the State of Pennsylvania. The Courts is not aware that he is married yet

Not unless you can prove he's incapable of caring for himself due to phsyical or diagnosed mental difficulties. At 18, a person is a legal adult.

For mothers this is fairly simple with new child abandonment laws allowing for the leaving of babies at ERs. Even later, they there's little significant problems with turning the children over to the state.

In general, parental rights are terminated either preparatory to an adoption, or after a trial in which it is determined that the parent is unfit. In any case, termination of parental rights does not, in itself, terminate child support.

Probably because the rules for the section 8 housing program requires you to report the child support payment as a part of your income when it is received.

For income tax purposes on your federal income tax return child support is NOT TAXABLE income that you would report on your 1040 tax form.

Louisiana's Civil Code Article 29 specifies the age of majority as 18 years of age. Louisiana Revised Statue 9:309(C)allows for child support to be paid for a child past the age of majority if the child is unmarried, a full time student in good standing in a secondary school, and dependent on either parent or if the child is a developmentally disabled support may be paid up to age 22 years of age. SEE LINK BELOW: Unless LA law states an exception, colleges are not considered secondary schools. So, unless the parents decree specifically included wording to allow for continuing education, the support payments would cease upon high school graduation.

Actually yes because the child is still living under the other parent's roof, and still attending school and still has expenses they need clothing,food, entertainment, allowance, ect., but if they graduate and don't plan on attending college then the payments could be stopped but if they plan on going then you are just stuck paying it until they graduate college to help with tuition and other fees!

They do a lot of outsourcing. It support departments are located across the nation and have one main headquarters. They're main task is to solve computer issues that consumers may encounter.

That depends on the law where you live. If a parent has sole legal custody, some states have no provision stating a parent must get anyone's permission including that of the court before they move out of state.

In other states, if a move would present a hardship for the non-custodial parent in terms of visitation, the mother may be compelled to provide transportation costs for the non-custodial parent's visitation.

In still other states, if a court ordered custody/visitation schedule is on record, the parent may not relocate without either the permission of the non-custodial parent, the court or both.

As you can see from my response, the law varies widely. You would need to provide your state of residence for an informed answer.

No, pursuing child support is the custodial parent's responsibility, the person who ended up supporting the child alone.

Contact your state's department of child welfare.

No. If the father is not paying his child support she needs to file a motion for contempt with the court. She cannot withhold visitations on her own. Visitations and child support are two separate issues.

In Wisconsin the court cannot extend child support obligations beyond 19 years of age. The parents may sign an agreement to an extension of child support or payment of college tuition as part of the divorce, legal separation or annulment proceeding. Such agreements become enforceable between the parties and non-compliance may be enforced through contempt proceedings.

At 16 you can not receive support directly to you, it is awarded to the parent who has custody so they can provide for you. You at 16 do not fully understand everything that you need, and the money could even technically be used to pay the rent or the electric bill. The courts feel that the custodial parent knows best how to spend that money, not the child.

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As a rule, parents are financially responsible for their biological children only not step children unless those children have been legally adopted by the new spouse.

There have been exceptions however. Courts have ruled in favor of the custodial biological parent pertaining to financial support of such children if the marriage was valid for a lengthy time. (The definition of lengthy being left to the court's discretion.) The premise being, the non biological parent voluntarily accepted responsibility for the care of the children in question by entering into the marriage.

If paternity has been established the biological mother or person who has legal custody of the minor child can petition the court for child support from the father. The matter of not signing the birth certificate is irrelevant.

Parental rights and child support are two different issues. Signing over your parental rights has no effect on your payment obligation unless the ending of the payment obligation is mentioned on the document.

The obligated parent must petition the court to have the terms of the current child support order amended/rescinded. He or she will be required to submit valid documentation that the current amount is creating an 'undue hardship" for said parent. Undue hardship is defined in various ways depending (terminal/debillitating illnesses resulting in medical expenses, loss of employment, drastic reduction in salary and so forth.