Category Archives: Child Support
What Legal Rights Do Stay-at-Home Girlfriends Have?
A marriage certificate is not what defines a family. Unmarried couples have acted as family units throughout much of human history, and some jurisdictions, although not Florida, even recognize common law marriage. Some couples even choose not to get legally married simply because their own parents’ experiences have shown them how ugly divorce can… Read More »
What Happens to the Support You Receive From Your Ex-Spouse If Your Fortunes Improve After Marriage?
Your friends and family will tell you that the first year after divorce is the hardest, and they are right. You feel the financial struggles most acutely, when you are managing the finances of more than half of your former family on less than half of your former family budget. This is especially the… Read More »
The Court Must Not Charge You Double for Child Support
C Corporation is arguably the worst business structure, because not only does the business have to pay taxes, but you, as the business owner, must also pay personal taxes related to it. Few financial situations are more frustrating than getting charged twice for something you were not especially keen to pay for in the… Read More »
Wage Garnishment for Unpaid Child Support Obligations
The law offers plenty of protections for people experiencing financial hardship. For example, United States law does not allow debtors’ prisons, and incarceration cannot be a punishment for failure to pay a debt. Federal bankruptcy laws enable financially distressed people to discharge many kinds of debts by filing for bankruptcy protection. Wage garnishment, where… Read More »
What Happens to Your Child Support Obligations If You Have to Retire Early Because of a Disability?
The only thing worse than hearing the amount of child support you must pay each month is knowing that you must keep paying it until your child turns 19 or graduates from high school, whichever happens first. If you have more than one child, the amount will get lower as each child reaches adulthood,… Read More »
How Does Child Support Work for High Income Couples?
No two families have the exact same budget or the exact same spending habits; this is true whether or not the parents are divorced. When a couple gets a divorce, they must decide how to divide their marital assets and debts. If they cannot reach an agreement during mediation, then the judge assigned to… Read More »
Yes, The Family Law Court Can Take Away Your Driver’s License If You Don’t Pay Your Court-Ordered Child Support
Pop psychologists make much of the four horsemen of the communication breakdown, namely criticism, contempt, defensiveness, and stonewalling, but there is also another bad habit that can drive spouses apart. Specifically, when your spouse tells you that you must do something in order to save your marriage, but then places all kinds of obstacles… Read More »
Communicating With Your Ex-Spouse About Co-Parenting Financial Decisions
You might think that “communicating with your ex-spouse about co-parenting financial decisions” is a euphemism for “fighting with your ex-spouse about child support,” but it is still necessary, and still challenging, to discuss child-related financial decisions with your ex-spouse, even if your child support order has been in place for years and the paying… Read More »
Trying To Collect Overdue Child Support In Florida Is The Absolute Worst
A recent report in the Tampa Bay Times tells the stories of families who have struggled to collect child support through the Florida Department of Revenue only to encounter endless delays or exes who game the system by paying trivial amounts of money toward their overdue balances just to continue stringing the Department of… Read More »
How Will The Great Resignation Affect Your Child Support Case?
Child support obligations don’t last forever, and neither does the COVID-19 pandemic, but they both feel like an eternity. These days, it feels like so much is outside our control, and an increasing number of workers, especially those with children at home, are feeling burnt out. Conditions at work are becoming increasingly predictable, and… Read More »
