When you and your ex cannot agree on child support and child custody, the court might have to intervene. The court investigates several factors before deciding who will get custody of the child, who will pay for child support and what the child support order amount...
Child Support
Can remarrying impact child support?
After recovering from a divorce, you may want to give love another chance. Your next marriage does not directly impact the obligation of either parent to continue to provide the same child support payments. Although, in Florida, the court considers some factors that...
Enforcing child support and alimony orders
Divorce can be among the most challenging events in a person’s life. In addition to emotional upheaval, those going through divorce often worry about their financial future. For some, child support and alimony provide a critical financial lifeline. But what happens...
Court case connects minimum wage increase with child support
Many Florida workers can expect a wage increase this year. The state’s minimum wage will increase to $12 this September. Under a constitutional amendment passed in 2020, the state’s minimum wage will rise a dollar a year for the next few years. It will reach $15 an...
Retroactive child support can extend up to 24 months
Although a federal law requires each state to establish child support guidelines and review them every four years, each state applies a specific method to calculate the amount an individual owes to the custodial parent. These amounts fluctuate over time, as both the...
When do I stop receiving child support?
For many divorcing parents, there are no more contentious issues than child support and child custody. All parents believe they are the best parents, and no parent wants their money wasted, even if that waste is just perceived. This is why litigation over these two...
Three reasons women pay less child support than men
Well-established legal standards determine child support and child custody during a divorce. The practical relationship between the two, along with social and cultural perception, may cause people to wonder why women pay child support less frequently and in fewer...
When can parents modify a child support order?
Child support obligations in Florida are set to ensure that children’s financial needs are being met by both parents after a divorce and not just by the parent who has the children the majority of the time. These obligations are set during divorces though and could be...
Income questions can make child support complicated
Like other states, Florida uses Child Support Guidelines to direct family law judges who are intending to order a parent to pay child support. These Guidelines in many cases are pretty straightforward. Theoretically, they are supposed to ensure that child support...
What happens if parent reduces income for child support purposes?
Parents in Florida may not always be thrilled about the costs they need to pay for their children’s needs, but it is something that they are required to do. This is true whether parents are married, divorced or in situations where they were never married. It is also...
