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During the dissolution process, there are many topics that need to be addressed. The “big three” include child custody, child support, and dividing assets and liabilities. However, there are often numerous other issues that may be equally important to one or both of the parties. One of these potential issues is the wife legally changing her name back from her…
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…
In Part I of this blog post, two of the “mistakes” that often occur by nothing more than human nature in a custody evaluation were discussed: (1) trying to answer psychological testing in a favorable way, and (2) coaching children to a degree before a custody evaluation. It is important to be aware of these because they can occur…
One tool frequently used in a paternity or divorce, or post-paternity or divorce or custody modification, is requesting a custody/parenting time evaluation. An evaluation is helpful for many reasons. Globally, it is a tool used to allow a mental health professional to observe the parent-child relationship from a neutral, third-party position, and evaluate the family dynamic and make recommendations to…
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…
Ensuring the Children’s Best Interests In many of our previous blog posts, we have explored the determination of a child being CHINS (a Child in Need of Services)1, TPR (Termination of a Parent’s Rights)2, and adoption3. Ultimately, all of these cases that involve where children are placed when the parents have legal issues impacting their ability to parent are governed…
What Is It? What Is Included? How Is It Divided Up? In Indiana, what property, assets, and liabilities the trial court is to divide is commonly referred to as the “marital pot”. In essence, everything the divorcing parties have is poured into a “pot” and the court divides this in a just and equitable manner. Specifically, a central determination to…
This blog will seek to explore the changing definitions and dimensions of “marriage” and how it may be expanded in the fairly near future. Voluminous amounts of information exist on this controversial topic, and this blog will only explore the tip of the iceberg. The changing tide of marriage today can be seen simply from a statistics standpoint. The number…
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…