California residents may agree that divorces are often emotionally traumatic for all concerned and usually especially traumatic for the children involved. The situation may be exacerbated if estranged spouses rage a bitter custody battle or have long-term, turbulent...
Child Support
Handling child support delinquencies in California
Divorces are emotionally traumatic for the parties involved. Children can often sufferer the most from broken homes. Most states in the United States of America, including California, apply the test of "best interest of the child" in order to determine most divorce...
Ex-wife drags Marc Anthony to court over child support dispute
California ranks near the top among states with the highest divorce rates. Among the legal implications following the divorce of a married couple, child support is one of the most important. Ideally, child support is paid by the non-custodial parent to the custodial...
California bill may relieve sperm donor from paying child support
The law considers the financial needs of a child to be greatly significant. This is why even if the parents of the child are no longer together, the law requires them to provide child support for their child. Once someone has been identified as the mother or father of...
Delinquent child support payments may trigger unique repercussion
There can be serious repercussions for California parents who fall behind on child support payments. However, under special circumstances, such as a change in a parent's income or a change in a child's financial needs, child support modifications may be made. Until...
Child support gains added attention during August in California
August is Child Support Awareness Month in the state of California. Authorities and residents alike are taking time to contemplate the child support system and consider its benefits as well as areas for improvement.The child support agencies in the state, 51 in all,...
Congress considering international child support treaty
Many Alameda County residents know that going through a divorce is difficult enough before addressing contentious issues such as child custody and child support as well. On top of all this, once a divorce decree delineating child support payments is finally...
Unpaid child support results in community service for Rodman
As a previous post mentioned, former NBA star Dennis Rodman has been under court and media scrutiny for his alleged failure to make child support payments. A California judge recently threatened jail time as a potential consequence, calling the failure to pay contempt...
Failure to pay child support in California could mean jail time
Child support is the regular payments made to cover a child's day-to-day expenses like food, medical care and clothing. In California, the amount of child support is calculated according to a formula that factors in both parents' incomes. California support orders can...
Woman must pay child support after returning adopted son
Often residents of California may conceptualize child support payments as some sort of agreement issued by the court between divorced couples. Generally, residents may perceive child support as a form of payment issued by the father to the mother of the child....