answers to legal questions about child custody

Posted on: 12 July 2016

Thanks to the 2015 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that made all state bans on same-sex marriage unconstitutional, tying the knot for gay and lesbian couples has become much easier. For many couples, the freedom to walk down the aisle has led to numerous fairy tale weddings. But -- as with different-sex marriages -- some of these relationships have also hit the rocks of reality, and couples who once yearned to marry are now dreaming of divorce.
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Posted on: 29 January 2016

When a divorce is finalized and there are children involved, the court will typically require the non-custodial parent to pay child support to the custodial parent. This money is designed to help the custodial parent support the children financially, and it must typically be paid until the children are between the ages of 18 to 21. There are reasons the court will modify the amount a parent pays, such as a change of income with one parent, but there are also three main events that will not have any effects on the amount the court sets for child support.
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Posted on: 29 January 2016

When you are relying on receiving child support payments to pay your bills and feed your kids, life can get hard when these payments do not arrive. There are a variety of steps you can take if this happens to you, and one of them involves signing up to intercept your ex-spouse's tax return. While you can do this on your own, it is often easier to hire a family attorney to assist you.
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