You might think that you only need to make one child support payment with each check and then you are done with your financial obligation to your children. This isn't the case. You likely will need to help cover other financial aspects of raising the children. Your...
The question of what child support can pay for often comes up in custody cases. A parent who is paying the support might want to know where the money is going. The parent who is getting the money might not want to be burdened with showing where the money is going....
Non-custodial parents have to support their children financially, especially when that support is ordered by the court. The child support is paid to the custodial parent, but this doesn't mean that money is for that parent. Instead, it is meant to help with the...
If you are a parent who either pays or receives child support, you might like to know what exactly is covered by the support payments. Some parents harbor the illusion that child support is only for the bare necessities that children need, such as clothing and...
You got divorced several years ago. You were ordered to pay child support, as your ex got custody and you earned more money. You owned your own business.In the last year, though, that business folded. You got a part-time job, but then you lost that as well. You're...
The Obama administration recently put into effect a new federal regulation that will allow parents who are in prison to decrease their child support payments while incarcerated.The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services now requires that states notify all...
Child support is the noncustodial parent's responsibility and when it's paid on time, both the custodial parent and the child will be able to depend on it to pay for expenses related to the child. What happens, though, when the noncustodial parent is laid off or has...
Each state has its own guidelines that establish how much child support a noncustodial parent has to pay. The courts are required to consider a number of factors, too, such as how much each parent makes, whether there are special needs for the child, how much is...
All of us Pennsylvania residents know that times are tough financially. For split families, money concerns are often even more problematic. To say that it is difficult to support yourself and your children as a non-custodial parent is an understatement. Many parents...
There are many Pennsylvania parents who have custody of their children, but do not know where the non-custodial parent is. This can be problematic from the standpoint of obtaining child support money owed by non-custodial parents to the custodial parents of their...
