Sentences with phrase «reduced child support obligations»

If the father gains shared physical custody of his child, he becomes a custodial parent with potentially reduced child support obligations.

For example, Ohio's child support calculations call for reduced child support obligations when the parent paying support spends more time with the child.

Unfortunately, some parents attempt to reduce their income after getting divorced to reduce their child support obligations.

If you are in a child custody situation that necessitates a modification of your child support (either because you are contributing more to supporting your child than before or you are unable to pay as much child support as set out in a court order or Separation Agreement), our experienced child support lawyers will help you determine if there are grounds to reduce your child support obligation.

A recent Supreme Court of Canada case held that just because a parent cares for a child more than 40 % of the time does not necessarily mean that they have a reduced child support obligation.

The court held that a complicated formula must be used in order to determine if it is justified to reduce the child support obligation.

In the past, the paying parent had to have 40 % time - sharing (146 overnights) or more in a year, in order to reduce their child support obligation in any way.

Now, 20 % timesharing (73 overnights) a year will reduce the child support obligation.

Parents who lose their jobs or experience another loss in income can petition the courts to reduce their child support obligations.

Not exact matches

Non-custodial parent needs a temporary period of reduced child support payment to permit the repayment of a debt or rearrangement of financial obligations.

Please read the following information related to your tax situation: Tax Topic 203, Refund Offsets for unpaid child support and certain federal, state, and unemployment compensation debts Please Note: Your refund may be reduced to pay a past due obligation such as child support, another federal agency debt, or state income tax.

3) A parent is not entitled to deliberately minimize his or her income (or avoid availing themselves of substantial equity in real property) simply to reduce his or her child support obligations.

If you have lost your job, then you may be entitled to have your child support obligations reduced.

In Couvillon v. Couvillon, the husband failed in his bid to have his child support obligations under a separation agreement reduced.

In other words, the sooner you file, the sooner your child support obligation may be reduced.

Likewise, if a support payor can establish that a support recipient has unreported income, then the support payor may be able to reduce his or her spousal support obligation or contributions to special or extraordinary child - related expenses accordingly.

And with his income now greatly reduced — and since there were now two separate households to keep financially afloat — private school tuition was not a reasonable «special expense» (as that term is defined under s. 7 of the federal Child Support Guidelines, which governs parents» support obligaSupport Guidelines, which governs parents» support obligasupport obligations).

An Ontario court recently considered a spouse's request to reduce the child support and spousal support obligations that had been set out in the parties» separation agreement.

A parent that quits a well - paying executive job to work as the local burger joint cashier in a misguided attempt to reduce his or her child support obligation, is making a mistake.

If you have a child with your new spouse, the amount of your income that is available to pay your original child support order may be reduced, and this could result in a downward modification of your original child support obligations.

Beginning January 1, 2011, the statutory child support obligation is reduced if a parent has 20 % or more timesharing of the child.

Further, if the parent ordered to pay support has at least 30 percent of the overnights with the child under a custody order, it is considered a shared custody arrangement and the court has discretion to reduce the obligation to account for any support provided directly by that parent during overnight visitation.

The custodial's spousal support / alimony pendente lite obligation is then reduced by the child support amount.

These benefits largely flow to the erstwhile noncustodial parent's ulterior goals, such as reduced child and spousal support obligations, more authority and involvement in the continuing family system, or emotional gratification.

But see Maccoby & Mnookin, supra note 27, at 11 (finding that no empirical studies exist to support the contention that divorcing husbands routinely use the threat of a custody fight to reduce or eliminate their alimony and child support obligations).