No. You cannot terminate your parental rights absent an action by the state against you or the child is adopted by another adult.

When you get married and your significant other wants to adopt the child you must first terminate the biological parents rights first and then put the adoption through. The termination can be consented to or contested and if contested then a hearing will have to be conducted to see what is in the... View More

You an modify child support only when there is a significant change in circumstances. There is no set number of times just have to meet that standard of review. The things the court can take into consideration are overnights by the parties, change in income by either party or both, change in... View More

If the party does not pay the full amount of support per week then the arrears will build. If the other party is not seeing them regularly you can move to modify the visitation but it won't stop the visitation.

You need to file a motion with the court if there is an active or was an active case in this matter. You can also contact the local IV-D Prosecutor's Office and tell them the situation and see what they advise you to do.

The State of Indiana would represent her in a child support matter. The State of Indiana represents the child not mother because the support is for the child not for the mother. Mother can hire private counsel to assist her but the State would still be involved because of the child support action... View More

Until the child turns 19 or they are emancipated prior to that. Child support will not automatically be done at 19 you still need to file for emancipation.

Yes, once you file the motion the judge will order your ex to comply within thirty days or by local rule depending on the county, of the judge signing your motion.

Yes, child support is to assist the custodial parent with the child's needs when they are with them and not with the non-custodial parent.

You may be able to go to the child support office you filed in at and dismiss the action. If it does not work out you can re-file it.

You need to bring this up with the court that oversees your child custody arrangement. If there is an order in place for parenting time then the father needs to respect that. If he is not then you need to go back to court and have the judge force him to do so.

If there is no order in place... View More

Based on what your question poses, yes, once the children are 19 or over they can be emancipated. You have to file documents with the court that has the original jurisdiction over the child support matter for each child. The parents can agree to it but it really does not have to be an agreed order... View More

Based on your question, NO, there is no statute or anything that states you can get receipts of where and when the child support you pay is spent. Furthermore, child support is used for just that and that includes food, shelter and expenses related to the children you pay support for. Therefore,... View More

Based on what you are asking and stating I would say they can do two income withholding orders for both jobs if the amount coming out of your first paycheck is not covering the total amount due. This would have to be a separate form signed by the judge for each subsequent income withholding that... View More

The answer to your first question would be no. Child Support is to assist in the raising of the children. If he is the child or children's biological father and you marry him child support should terminate.

The answer to your second question based on what you are saying is he would... View More

Based on what you are saying you can file a motion with the court to enforce the agreement. You can attempt to file a small claims against him. Additionally, if your daughter is in college and it was part of the agreement she may be able to sue. But i would say consult a lawyer in your area, this... View More

I believe you are asking if parenting time (visitation) is contingent on payment of child support then the answer is "no". Child support and parenting time are both viewed by the court separately. Non-payment of support will never justify the withholding of parenting time. Nor can you... View More

Child support in Indiana terminates by operation of law when a child turns 19. However, there are circumstances under which you can emancipate your child prior to age 19. Marriage qualifies as grounds for emancipation. However, you cannot simply stop paying support but rather need to file... View More

You should go to your county clerk and request an accounting of all the child support you have paid this year. The only way your child support could be increasing when you are making regular and timely payments is if you are paying less than the court ordered amount each month. Indiana child... View More

If payments are made via the County Clerk, then you should be able to obtain a record of all payments made from the Lake County Child Support Clerk. Then you would simply subtract payments made from total payments due to determine if any back support is due.