An initial child support order will be filed ordering the non-custodial parent to pay support to the custodial parent.
He can represent parents at any stage in the process, including parents seeking
an initial child support order, those who want to modify or appeal a child support order, or parents who have become financially overwhelmed and have fallen behind on child support payments.
The court also considered the other enunciated factors: in law, «blameworthy conduct» could include failure to pay child support (which was not the case here), but the refusal to disclose income had to be viewed against the fact that the mother did not request disclosure until 2011, which was almost 13 years after
the initial child support order had been made.
Not exact matches
This means that if the paying parent goes to court, the judge will take the
initial stance that the underemployment is a way to shirk the
child support order.
In Family Law, we see
child support orders in various stages:
initial filings, modifications, enforcement, and out - of - state
child support.
Since
child support can be
ordered retroactively for up to 24 months in an
initial child support case, the court can consider proof of
child support paid by one parent to the other and typically the court will give a credit to the paying spouse for the amount of
child support paid against the
child support arrearage owed.
The court most likely will specify that once a reasonable amount of time has passed, then the individual will be required to again resume making their
initial ordered child support payments.
We assist our clients with their
initial child support calculations as well as modification of existing
Orders.
The court initially entering an
order requiring one or both parents to make
child support payments has continuing jurisdiction after the entry of the
initial order to modify the amount and terms and conditions of the
child support payments if the modification is found by the court to be in the best interests of the
child; when the
child reaches majority; if there is a substantial change in the circumstances of the parties; if s. 743.07 (2) applies; or when a
child is emancipated, marries, joins the armed services, or dies.
We provide a full range of divorce services, such as representation in uncontested divorce and no - fault divorce, negotiation or litigation of
initial child support and
child custody
orders, spousal
support and maintenance, property division, and enforcement of premarital agreements and postnuptial agreements.
(a) The
child support guideline amount as determined by this section presumptively establishes the amount the trier of fact shall
order as
child support in an
initial proceeding for such
support or in a proceeding for modification of an existing
order for such
support, whether the proceeding arises under this or another chapter.
Significantly, the court never inquired about
child support for the
children or questioned the open visitation arrangement, despite the fact that the
initial pleadings referenced the existence of a protective
order and outlined a history of violence.