The nature of my practice means that I spend a lot of time delivering tough news to my clients. Sometimes, it’s something as simple as telling my client that they should not spend more money arguing about who gets a household item than it is worth (really – they were arguing about mixing bowls). Sometimes,…
I have my children in my care about equal time. How does this affect my child support? In order to have a shared parenting arrangement, the child or children must spend at least 40% of the time with each parent. A split parenting arrangement can occur in a family with two or more children when…
I often get questions from parents who want to understand their child support obligations after their children turn eighteen. Many believe that child support ends when the child is eighteen years old and they no longer have to pay child support for that child. In some circumstances, child support does end once a child turns…
What happens if you become unable to pay the child support payments you were ordered to pay or that you agreed to pay based on a written agreement? Unfortunately, people end up in situations where they become unable to keep up with their child support payments. People lose their jobs due to layoffs or downsizing. …
