Child Support Laws

Tennessee’s unemployment rate is slightly percent higher than the national average as of 2011, according to the state’s website. Although there are no available statistics as to how many…

Because judges typically make child support changes retroactive to the date of application, a modification to reduce child support can easily result in an overpayment. A parent who has paid more than…

Congratulations, you and your spouse have reached a verbal agreement with respect to spousal support. Memorializing the accord in a spousal support agreement is an effective enforcement mechanism…

Ohio law requires parents to support their children financially until they reach age 18. Support obligations may end before age 18 if the child marries, obtains a legal emancipation, is adopted or…

Child support is a periodic payment established in order to ensure that children benefit from the income of both the father and mother when the parents do not live together. The amount awarded is…

A prenuptial agreement is a written contract between two engaged people that outlines the division of assets and property in the case of divorce, separation or death. California courts honor properly…

Most Michigan custodial parents are entitled to collect child support from the noncustodial parent. After a parent initiates the process of collecting child support in Michigan, a hearing is…

Child support, also known as child maintenance, in South Africa is ordered by the courts. Child maintenance is expected from both parents and includes families that have children born out of wedlock.…

Mid-marriage agreements or "postnuptial agreements" are similar to prenuptial agreements. Although both of these agreements are used to divide property if the couple decides to divorce in the future,…

The Ohio child support program is administered by the Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services Office of Child Support. Among the organization's responsibilities are the establishment and…

Child support laws assist custodial parents in receiving financial and other support for their children from non-custodial parents. In counties such as Catawba County in North Carolina, child support…

The breakup of a marriage has many side effects. The two parties are no longer associated in a legal sense once the divorce decree is final, yet there are residual agreements that will continue to…

Since Congress established the Family Act of 1984, the state courts now sometimes consider other factors when deciding child support, including the income of the spouse of a non-custodial or custodial…

The Federal Child Support Enforcement Act dictates that each state have specific guidelines to calculate the minimum amount of child support that a noncustodial parent must pay. These guidelines may…