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I filed for child custody and child support along with IFP papers and was approved. After that Initial filing I had to retain an attorney and he then filed a divorce suit and a motion to consolidate the two. However he’s also charged me with the filing fees throughout the process snd I’m not... View More 
answered on Jan 12, 2021
Clerk will not issue a refund. But if you gave your lawyer a COPY, he should eat the filing fees.
answered on Jan 8, 2021
If your child is still a minor, contact Support Enforcemen in the District Attorney's Office.
If your child is no longer a minor, you will have to hire a private attorney.
I'm a single mother on Medicaid and foodstamps, I have a part time job that is scheduled around my daughter school schedule which I'm roughly working 15-25 hours a week. I roughly bring home 500 to 600 a month and the ADA has me bring my last 6 check stubs and the hours went from 13 one... View More
answered on Jan 7, 2021
The nondomiciliary parent is imputed with full time income from the date child support is sought. Until a child turns age five, the domiciliary parent is not imputed with income. When the child turns age five, the domiciliary parent is imputed with full time income. Subsequent children are not a... View More
Couple divorced after 13 years and 3 children later (pre-teen girls). Father has served 15+ years in the military and is highly ranked. He is non-deployable and is 5 years away from retirement. Mother is unemployed. They currently have 50/50 custody but the children are wanting to be... View More
answered on Jan 5, 2021
Absolutely. Send the 14 year old to counseling. Hire a custody attorney who can file for any kids 12 or more to testify.
I filed for contempt of court because he isn’t letting me see my child and now he is saying I can’t see her until March after court is done. I want custody this is ridiculous! I am not allowed to see her because he wants money and is mad I don’t want to be in a relationship with him
answered on Jan 5, 2021
Keep a calendar of every night you do get her and every request that is denied. Then hire a custody lawyer QUICKLY if you have a court date.
answered on Jan 2, 2021
The mother is still legally obligated to support the child, even though the children may be with guardians and/or her parental rights have been terminated.
answered on Dec 29, 2020
Unless the child has been adopted, a biologicL parent can always be ordered to pay child support.
In Louisiana. The dad of my 2 children always said, he would get a cash job to screw me out of child support & has. $350.00 was set child support from the beginning of support. He quit his job when he found out I was filing. Should I refile for more child support or not since he has had another... View More
answered on Dec 19, 2020
If you can prove his income, hire an attorney to file for an increase.
This was done for child custody and support not for property division; that’s scheduled later, but there was one clause that stated we were responsible for our own insurance and car notes but my spouse stated he would continue paying until the end of our divorce case. My question is does that go... View More
answered on Dec 9, 2020
You should at the least get a family law attorney to review it immediately.
answered on Dec 2, 2020
As the domiciliary parent, you owe him. You have a very short period to object to this. Hire a custody lawyer immediately.
Was paying child sup. Mother went to jail sister had my kids gave her her own case number now I'm paying to both of them
answered on Dec 2, 2020
Oh hell no. Hire a child support lawyer to terminate child support to mother or together custody of your kids and terminate child support to both.
Thanks I have this question answered.
answered on Nov 24, 2020
You can hire a private attorney if you close your state case.
Child support was and still is based off of old job. In early 2019 I filed for a reduction due to drastically reduced work hours. Regular 60 hrs/week, went to 40/wk. I was told by the juvenile courts that my pay did not decrease enough for a reduction. a few months later I quit that job due to... View More
answered on Nov 21, 2020
Your 2 subsequent children are irrelevant, but your reduced income and 18 year old child are relevant. Hire a child support lawyer.
My husband is $10K behind on his son from a previous relationship. I am looking to see how this will affect the out come of how much custody he receives of our son we have together and the current divorce.
answered on Nov 20, 2020
Unfortunately, your child suppoet is in line behind his previous child support order. But it does not affect custody of yiur child.
answered on Nov 18, 2020
You can waive the arrears and terminate the non support case.
We never got to go to court for child support but after I got married I have wanted to sue him for the support he never provided and money he made me lose. I also want to terminate his rights. Him threatening me and harassing me I stopped talking to him unless it was about our daughter. He... View More
answered on Nov 18, 2020
You won't be completely done with him unless you marry someone and your new husband adopts.
Hire a child support lawyer to pursue him for child support.
The hearing officer made mistake in reference to the date, the DA indicated it was just an administrative to change the date. No changes to the substance.
answered on Nov 11, 2020
I would say no. But you should have called yesterday to find out for sure.
The state is trying to count his overtime which is not a guarantee every week and his sub for his cost of living bc he works on the road and his employer pays for his cost of living while he’s working out of town. With all that being counted in, his child support will double! He also doesn’t... View More
answered on Nov 7, 2020
He can hire a family law attorney to represent him on child support and to seek custody so that his child is not left with an unfit parent.
answered on Nov 6, 2020
The parents can simply get a mediator to draft a Consent Judgment lowering the child support, if they both agree, and then get it filed.
We went to court and modified child custody from shared 7&7 -To joint me domicillary & I agreed to no child support (judge cited bc I didn’t need it in judgment) can I take him back for support and win?
answered on Nov 6, 2020
You can take him back to court on child support if some circumstance has changed. Your income has gone down, his income has gone up, the child(ren)'s expenses have gone up.
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