Whether you pay child support or receive it, you will have to provide documentation of the amounts, usually in the
form of a child support order or divorce decree.
Some provisions in the law also directly impacted child support collection, including the creation of a Federal Case
Registry of Child Support Orders (FCR) and a National Directory of New Hires (NDNH) for the purpose of tracking child support cases and locating obligors.
14 For the purposes of subsection 17 (4) of the Act, any one of the following constitutes a change of circumstances that gives rise to the making of a variation order in
respect of a child support order:
In the case of child support, matters are also heard in the Court of Queen's Bench, unless you are bringing an application for the reciprocal enforcement
of a child support order from another province, in which case you will be heard in the Provincial Court, and so on.
After determining the noncustodial parent's net income, you can consult the Child Support Charts and match that amount to the
number of children a support order would cover.
Not only would doing so hurt your child, it will place you in direct
violation of your child support order, subjecting you to severe penalties including wage garnishment, interception of tax refunds, property liens, and seizure of driver, professional and occupational licenses.
Only the first
page of the Child Support Order, which stipulates support paid by the Noncustodial to the Custodial parent, is completed until the final Divorce Decree is issued after the divorce hearing.
What factors do the Massachusetts Child Support Guidelines permit a Probate Judge to take into consideration when the Judge is deciding the appropriate
amount of a child support order?
If you are interested as to whether debts impact the establishment, modification of child support, or the
enforcement of a child support order by contempt proceeding, you should read our summary of the Arizona Court of Appeals decision in the Jorgensen v. Jorgensen case on the relationship between child support and debt in Arizona.
Georgia's Department of Human Resources, Division of Child Support Services, is responsible for enforcing the state's child support laws; this includes establishing paternity — if a child's parents aren't married — collecting child support payments, distributing child support payments and beginning administrative procedures when a non-custodial parent fails to make timely payments according to the
terms of the child support order.
The free site uses a series of online interviews to help self - represented litigants complete the court forms needed to file cases seeking establishment, enforcement or modification
of a child support order, or an answer to a complaint seeking any of these orders.
The amount
of a child support order will also depend on other factors, including each parent's gross income, childcare costs, day care or school costs, and many other factors described in the Arizona Child Support Guidelines.
An adjustment shall be made to the parents» respective Weekly Gross Incomes for the two (2) children born to the noncustodial parent after the birthdates (s) of the child (ren) subject
of the child support order and the one (1) adopted child of the custodial parent, legally adopted after the birthdate (s) of the child (ren) subject of the child support order.
4 Where the income of the spouse against whom a child support order is sought is over $ 150,000, the amount
of a child support order is
(4) Before the court makes a variation order in respect
of a child support order, the court shall satisfy itself that a change of circumstances as provided for in the applicable guidelines has occurred since the making of the child support order or the last variation order made in respect of that order.
Additional Resources: Bogner v. Bogner, Sept. 23, 2014, Court of Appeals of Indiana More Blog Entries: Shae v. Shae — Modification
of Child Support Orders, Aug. 18, 2014, Gary Child Support Attorney Blog
There are a number of areas in which child custody encompasses, including custody arrangements, child support orders, visitation agreements, enforcement
of child support orders that are unpaid, modifications to current support or custody orders and even paternity testing.
The areas that our firm specializes in relating to child custody are: visitation agreements, custody arrangements, child support orders, enforcement
of child support orders that have not been paid, child support order / defense, modification of existing support or custody orders, and paternity testing.
To seek a modification
of your child support order, either for an increase or reduction, you must file Form 12.905 (b), Supplemental Petition for Modification of Child Support, with the jurisdiction where the original child support order was made.
For example, if your divorce decree establishes a child support amount but you or your ex-spouse have since received a significant raise in wages, the court may adjust the amount
of the child support order.
A noncustodial parent's obligation to pay child support does not stop because he's unemployed, and the custodial parent or a state agency can still pursue enforcement
of a child support order.
When calculating child support through the use of the Form 14, one of the significant factors impacting the amount
of child support ordered is the number of overnight custody periods the paying parent is awarded in the family's custody plan.