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1 Answer | Asked in Child Support for Kentucky on
Q: My ex has been voluntarily unemployed for 2 years now.

She is remarried and wants more child support. Our incomes are drastically different due to her not working (thus not spending any money on our child other than what she already gets from me). Is this a loophole to get the non custodial parent to have to pay more in child support? Also, if it goes... View More

Timothy Denison
Timothy Denison
answered on Feb 26, 2023

You need to file a motion alleging she is voluntarily underemployed and ask for an evidentiary hearing. That way you can get her entire employment history into evidence. Remarriage on either side does not affect child supportlreceipt or payment.

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Q: If my child’s mom has used KTAP, how does that transfer to arrears to my child support payments?
Timothy Denison
Timothy Denison
answered on Feb 26, 2023

Most likely, it has created an arrearage owed to the state for which you both are responsible. Ask for an audit or accounting from both child support snd from KTAP.

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Q: I have my brother in my legal custody. I have since 2016. He is 18 now, can I sue for back child support from parents?

My parents have never paid a dime towards helping with anything and lost custody due to abandonment of child. They left him with me when I was 18 and I’ve had him ever since. He is in college and it would help with his and my expenses for the car I bought him and items needed for classes.

Timothy Denison
Timothy Denison
answered on Feb 10, 2023

No.

1 Answer | Asked in Child Support for Kentucky on
Q: "Big" check promised to my son for overage of child support. It's been since before Christmas! How can we speed this alo

Speed it along. He's literally about to lose the home for his daughter. Why would it take this long? People are struggling, and you know you've got a check sitting with your name on it. That's not right

Timothy Denison
Timothy Denison
answered on Feb 6, 2023

Go to the child support office that has the check and inquire as to its availability.

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Q: What happens if the father never pays Child support and has already went to jail. And still refuses to pay.

Also the father has no income or paper trail showing he has income. How can I receive child support?

Timothy Denison
Timothy Denison
answered on Feb 3, 2023

You can’t receive support if the payor is in jail.

1 Answer | Asked in Family Law and Child Support for Kentucky on
Q: So I was supposed to pay $1200 by a certain date, didn't pay it ,wasn't able to now I got a Warrant can I get that like

Can I get that wipes cleaned or whatever if I pay the amount or would I still have to serve 14 days in jail bc I honestly can't I just got a job and my daughter is 2 I'm all she has if I go to jail what happense to her? She never been away from me that long! So I don't want to live... View More

Timothy Denison
Timothy Denison
answered on Jan 30, 2023

You can probably get the warrant and time to serve set aside if you hire a lawyer and pay the money.

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Q: If I win millions on a lottery prize in Kentucky, will that affect my husband's current child support order?

He is not in the arrears and was never married to the mother.

Timothy Denison
Timothy Denison
answered on Jan 25, 2023

No. It will not affect his support at all.

1 Answer | Asked in Child Support for Kentucky on
Q: I have been paying my child support on time got a letter tday saying I’m $1800 behind and have appear in court now What

I was behind at the beginning of the year but then started making the min payment for the past 6months

Timothy Denison
Timothy Denison
answered on Jan 17, 2023

You should appear in court and ask for an audit of your account although paying the minimum payment for the past six months doesn’t help catch up the arrearage.

1 Answer | Asked in Child Support for Kentucky on
Q: My girlfriends mom is wanting to take me to court for child support I was wondering if that is possible
Timothy Denison
Timothy Denison
answered on Jan 6, 2023

Her mom cannot ( unless gf is a minor) but your gf can.

1 Answer | Asked in Family Law, Child Custody and Child Support for Kentucky on
Q: I am helping my sister fill out divorce paperwork for Kentucky and need help with one section about her ex's work.

My sister has a protective order against her ex and they are to have no contact. She is asking for a dissolution of marriage with children and wants child support. In some of the sections it is asking for where her ex works and what his salary is. She does not know this and can't ask him due... View More

Timothy Denison
Timothy Denison
answered on Dec 21, 2022

Simply put unknown snd file the paperwork. There is no need to contact the husband got that information.

1 Answer | Asked in Child Support for Kentucky on
Q: I am being sued for child support. I have never acknowledged parental responsibility, never gave consent to birth cert

Certificate for my name to be added

Timothy Denison
Timothy Denison
answered on Dec 14, 2022

That will happen if you are the father once the court ordered dna results come back.

1 Answer | Asked in Child Support for Kentucky on
Q: Who can i call in ky to find out how much a child support warrant is for
Timothy Denison
Timothy Denison
answered on Nov 21, 2022

Call the district court clerk for the county in which the warrant was issued.

1 Answer | Asked in Family Law, Child Custody, Child Support and Domestic Violence for Kentucky on
Q: I don't have a phone number. Can I email a lawyer or judge asking for emancipation for myself from my parents?
Timothy Denison
Timothy Denison
answered on Nov 12, 2022

No. You will have to file a petition for emancipation in the district court of the county in which you reside.

1 Answer | Asked in Child Support for Kentucky on
Q: My son is paying CS for 2. 1 is now 21 yrs old, not in school, working, not living @ home. Can he stop paying on this 1

The 21 yr old graduated from high school, went to a trade school and graduated, now working and he is no longer living with his mother who has moved to somewhere in Indiana with the other child. We can only assume that this child is in school in that state. Why should my son have to continue... View More

Timothy Denison
Timothy Denison
answered on Nov 11, 2022

Make a motion to modify child support immediately. You should request a credit for monies paid back to the time he went awol.

1 Answer | Asked in Child Custody and Child Support for Kentucky on
Q: Can I charge my Ex for child care if he refuses to make his own child care arrangements?

Our son has mental and physical health issues that require being at the school and Drs office often. My ex will not keep him on his days if my son has an appointment or my ex has to work. It puts me in a position where I can't get a job because he has a job and won't keep him. He... View More

Timothy Denison
Timothy Denison
answered on Nov 2, 2022

No. Instead, file a motion in your divorce or paternity case for him to pay all the child care bc he won’t make the arrangements.

1 Answer | Asked in Child Support and Family Law for Kentucky on
Q: On a child support case what does this mean: Org order/not to whhd inc

I have a support case I requested to stop paying because my daughter quit school works and never stay with her mother the next thing I know they terminated child support I was glad but then they said that it was a mistake she got my case and someone else’s mixed up so child support was started... View More

Timothy Denison
Timothy Denison
answered on Nov 1, 2022

Original Order was not to withhold.

1 Answer | Asked in Child Support for Kentucky on
Q: Org order/not to whhd inc

What does this mean on a child support case

Timothy Denison
Timothy Denison
answered on Oct 11, 2022

It means the original order was not to withhold funds.

1 Answer | Asked in Adoption, Child Custody, Child Support and Family Law for Kentucky on
Q: How would child support and custody work via private sperm donation?

Hello, I’m supposed to meet a married lesbian couple soon in my home state, Tennessee (I wasn’t sure which state this should go in). They’re from Kentucky and the child would most likely be born there, however conception would happen in Tennessee. They want me to sign a contract primarily... View More

Timothy Denison
Timothy Denison
answered on Sep 16, 2022

It should be covered in the sperm donation contract.

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