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As of July 1, 2012, a new statute regarding emancipation of children for child support matters went into effect. Previous blog posts have examined the intricacies of the new law, and some cases after its inception. However, recently, the Committee that helped enact the new law is taking a second look at it. The Child Support and Custody Advisory Committee…
In either divorce, or paternity cases, often the non-custodial parent is ordered to pay some amount of child support to the custodial parent. The actual weekly amount ordered depends on several variables, such as the relative income of both parents and the number of overnight visits the noncustodial parent has been ordered to receive. But what happens when the parent…
One common contested issue in domestic cases is child support and child support modification. There are separate statutes in Indiana that govern each1. When determining child support, a general yet complex formula is used in order to fairly divide the income between parties in multiple financial situations. As previously discussed in other blog posts, information included in the child support…
Modifying Child Support with a Large Arrearage and Reinstatement of License to Drive Based On Law and Public Policy Through divorce or custody proceedings, a child support worksheet, which uses a complex formula, is produced in order to determine an appropriate child support amount to be paid. The child support worksheet uses gross weekly income and takes into account many…
When child support is calculated, there are a number of factors that are included or excluded based on certain formulas and rules. For example, and common, in determining the amount of child support paid, parents get credit for subsequent children, health insurance payments for the child(ren), and the number of overnights they have the child(ren). However, there are often many…
Child Support to End At Age 19!! A near universal we observe is that child support is an issue that is contentious: the payor argues it is not enough to take care of the child and the payee too much support for him/her to live a decent lifestyle. And child support is applicable to almost every paternity and divorce action…
What You Need to Know About the Social Security Disability Exception An area of domestic law attorneys observe clients sometimes very upset relates to Social Security Disability payments. For a long time, the Child Support Rules and Guidelines and controlling case law was vague and undeveloped as to whether such lump-sum awards could be applied to child support at all.…
At , we observe many divorce and custody disputes are centered around child support issues, and especially, how to determine weekly gross income for child support purposes. Often, it is more than simply base monthly salary divided by 4.3. More typically, the matter is a complex query into irregular sources of income or imputed income. Bonuses are a good, and…
In these times of global financial uncertainty, advocates observe that it is tougher than ever for divorced parents to make ends-meet. To some extent, this has always been the case. It’s a matter of basic economics–it costs more to run two different households, particularly on a single income if the other ex-spouses have not remarried. This coupled, with recent revisions…
“I lost my job and have no income; does child support automatically stop?” No. Under Indiana law, child support continues at the amount it is ordered to be paid until another order of the trial court issues. For this reason, it is critical that a person who loses his or her job file a petition to modify child support at…