01/ 05
Providing financial support for a child is a statutory obligation each parent assumes when a child is born and typically continues until the child reaches the age of 18. This obligation still exists when a couple gets divorced or legally separates and the entry of a Uniform Child Support Order is the legal mechanism used to enforce this responsibility. In…
06/ 16
When most people hear the words child support, thoughts of two parents arguing over money come to mind. Similarly, when one hears the word paternity, they often think about genetic testing to prove who a child's father is. While these are both common scenarios in Domestic Court cases, every case is unique and comes with its own special set of…
06/ 09
Many divorcing couples with children face ongoing disputes regarding the children, including, but not limited to, child support. Child support can often be a contentious issue, even when both parties only want what is best for their children. Many noncustodial parents, most often fathers, pay child support not only because they have to but because they genuinely want to make…
05/ 12
Not surprisingly, one of the biggest issues people with children encounter when going through a divorce is determining the amount of child support the non-custodial parent will pay to the parent who has physical custody of the children. Even though, in most situations, both parents want only what is best for their children, sometimes they allow their anger and bitterness…
01/ 20
2015 is officially upon us and every New Year brings about many changes. In Michigan those changes include several new laws that will have a direct impact on the state's child support system and how things operate in the future. The Michigan Child Support System/Program is a vast operation which collects at least a billion dollars in child support every…
01/ 06
The nuclear family, which consisted of a husband, wife, 2.5 kids, a dog, and a house with a white picket fence in the suburbs, is a distant memory for many. There are an estimated 46,523 divorces filed every week in the United States. While this may seem shocking, it should come as no surprise considering first marriages ending in divorce…
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