Child Support



Child support is a court-ordered payment a non-custodial parent must make to the custodial parent to cover part of the expenses of raising the child. This includes housing and utilities, food, clothing, education expenses, and other costs. Both parents have an obligation to support their children, both before and after a divorce. State laws differ greatly as to how courts calculate child support payment, and child support orders may be modified only by another court order. Please read on to learn more about child support law, find a child support lawyer or a child support attorney. A child support lawyer will be able to answer any child support payment questions including the strict adherence to child support guidelines. Child support law, child support lawyer, and child support attorney information provided by Lawyers.comsm.

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Child Support Articles
State Specific Resources
-  Divorce, Child Custody and Support in Your State-  State Child Support Service/ Enforcement Websites
-  State Domestic Relations and Family Codes Websites
 
Articles
-  Child Support Overview-  Child Support and Extra Curricular Activities
-  Who Has to Pay Child Support?-  What Is a Temporary Order of Child Support?
-  Paying for College When Parents are Divorced-  Child Support Withholding Orders
-  Non-Custodial Parents College Expense Obligation-  Collecting Past Due Child Support
-  Public Assistance and Child Support-  Collecting Payments Using Private Child Support Agencies
-  Use of Child Support Payments-  Imputed Income in Child Support Calculations
-  Waiving Child Support-  Tax Treatment of Child Support
-  Retroactive Child Support-  Modifying and Stopping Child Support Payments
-  Words and Terms You Should Know: Divorce and Family Law-  Proving a Child Support Case
-  Child Support and the Military-  All the Extras: Education, Activities and Child Support
-  Effect of Gifts on Child Support-  Effect of Medical Expenses on Child Support
-  Effect of Inheritance on Child Support-  Effect of Social Security on Child Support
-  Effect of Trust Funds on Child Support-  Effect of Workers' Compensation on Child Support
 
Hot Topics
-  Celebrity Child Support: Do Amounts Flex with Fame?-  New York Child Support Modernization Act
-  Pay Child Support or Face an Arrest Warrant
 
Child Support FAQs
-  Divorce: Calculating Child Support FAQ-  Divorce: Modifying Child Support FAQs
-  Divorce: Establishing Child Support FAQ-  Divorce: Paying and Collecting Child Support FAQ
 
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-  Last Will and Testament-  Power of Attorney
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-  Visitation Rights-  Divorce
-  Child Custody
 
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Ask a Lawyer - Child Support Law questions answered by leading lawyers
is it true , when the costody parent leaves the u.s. dose the child support stop
Can the county force me to pay back child support the state has waved?
The state of Minnesota waved all back support to "encourage current and future payments". This was notarized by the county child support office supervisor. The county is still trying to come after me for the back due amount that the state waved.
My boyfriend has a 20 year old disabled son who recieved SSI and is still in high school. Is he re
Is non custodial parent required to still pay arrears if child decides to live with them.
My kids dads owes back child support of over $70,000. I recently allowed the children to spend the summer with him in efforts to get to know their other siblings. I still maintain coverage for insurance premiums, heath, dental, & vision. My daughter has decide to stay with her dad until she turns 18 which will be in 3yrs. Should i modify current child support order even thought i still have the financial obligation of covering insurance premiums for both children? And is dad still responsible for unpaid back child support if child lives with him.
I recently started to pay child support for my daughter, I think is to much considering she also spe
I been paying for her ever since she was born just not thru child support. I decided to make things right and I went to DES and opened a case. She spends every other weekend with me, sometimes I''ll pick her up during the week for a few hours and every time that her mom asks me to watch her due to her being and having a lot of surgeries. Im located in Arizona
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Child Support Lawyer Web Sites
 
 -  Mississippi Law - Cumbest, Cumbest, Hunter & Mccormick, P.A.
 -  Westchester County Family Law Attorney - Katherine Eisold Miller
 -  Santa Barbara County Family Law - Wilson & Pettine, LLP
 -  St. Louis County Family Lawyer - Case, Rajnoha & Boudreau
 -  Delaware County Family Attorneys - Hoffman Turner & Associates