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A Child Development Perspective on Co-Parenting During the Memorial Day Holiday as Divorced Parents Navigating holidays can be a delicate task for divorced parents, especially when it comes to Memorial Day, a time of remembrance and family gatherings. As legal professionals, we understand the importance of prioritizing children’s well-being in such situations. In this blog post, we’ll explore strategies and…
Life is full of milestones. Some are joyful and anticipated, like births, adoptions and marriages. But others can catch us by surprise or stir up complicated feelings, like losing a loved one or ending a marriage. A family law attorney, like the team at , can help protect your assets and offer you and your family peace of mind. Read…
As we all know, life happens, and circumstances change. That custody order you once had may seem to become impractical as time goes on. Maybe you moved to Indiana to be closer to your child and now you want more time. Or maybe you were once on hard times but now feel you are able to offer your child more…
In Indiana, as most of the country, Courts have quite a lot of discretion when it comes to enforcing a child support obligation. For example, Courts can use their contempt power or issue an income withholding order as means to enforce a child support obligation. While the Court’s are granted a lot of discretion in determining how to enforce a…
In Indiana, a child is considered emancipated at the age of 19 by operation of law. Therefore, emancipation eliminates a parent’s duty to pay child support for the child, and in most cases, a parent’s other support obligations to their children terminates at the age of 19. However, there are key exceptions to this rule that are covered in this…
Clearly, with COVID-19 and significant changes in the global supply chain currently impacting most businesses, everyone has had their job put at risk to some degree. This is the case even in great economic times. A simple restructuring of a company may cause a job loss. In this case, many parents paying child support simply do not know what to…
As a general rule, a party can file for divorce at any time so long as the marriage is irretrievably broken.1 After a divorce is final, a party may move to modify custody at any time but has to show a substantial change in circumstance to prevail. Equally, a party may file a request to modify child support at any…
In Indiana, there have been significant layoffs and job terminations due to the outbreak of the Coronavirus. For non-custodial parents who pay child support, suddenly their child support payments paid through a typical income withholding order does not occur. However, just because you lose your job does not lower or terminate your child support obligation. You have to act. The…
On March 6, 2020, Governor Holcomb issued executive order 20-02 formally declaring a public health disaster in Indiana due to the novel Coronavirus (“COVID-19”) outbreak. Since at least that time, parents of divorce who have children or couples who had children out of wedlock began wondering how this impacted physical custody and parenting time. While some parents carried on as…
This blog is written for divorced parents or parents of children in a paternity action that are about to turn 19 years of age. Although minor children are considered to be adults when they turn 18 years of age, there are still parental financial obligations for children of divorce or paternity cases. In the state of Indiana that continues until…