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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…
The Bed Bugs Epidemic and What Parents Can Do About It In The Custody Context In the last several years, an old enemy to the American (and individuals and families across the world throughout history) family has re-emerged on epidemic proportions: the lowly bedbug. Any issue that impacts any large segment of our society will ultimately present itself in the…
An observation attorneys make is the nature, scope and complexity of facts that arise in child custody modification cases are often as diverse as the controlling statutes and case law. Thus, trial courts have wide latitude to decide these matters; subsequent modifications have a tendency to, or perception of, unsettling the child(ren) and are more difficult to accomplish than the…
One rather complex issue is what evidence a parent has to put on at trial to receive more parenting time. Is this burden different from a physical custody modification since the net result can be deemed a change in how much time a child spends with the non-custodial parent, including more overnights, up to equal time? As advocates with a…
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.…
Perhaps. Yes. No. Maybe. The answer is driven by the facts. Even with the most caring parents committed to making post-divorce parenting work, disputes and disagreements are common with the other parent’s right to reasonable parenting time. At we frequently receive questions about denial of the first right of refusal to be the caregiver when the possessory parent is unavailable…
Few things domestic attorneys observe in daily practice, including attorneys, pull at the heartstrings more than a child caught between two well-intentioned parents in a bitter custody dispute. It is for this reason that child custody lawyers, evaluators, and judges use wide variety of words to parcel out legal custody (and physical) with some precision at times. Sometimes as successor…
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…
At , we observe the failure and dissolution of a marriage, particularly those with younger children, is as much an emotional life event as a legal matter. Both parents deeply love their children, and want a post-divorce lifestyle to maximize time with the children and quality of life. This usually creates significant emotional stressors, which translates into the litigation in…