Paying child support may not be the best way to spend your money in your eyes, but you know one thing to be true: It feels good to do something that makes life easier on your child. If you are required by the court to pay child support, it's important that you stay...
How to apply enforcement of child support
When one parent is required by law to pay child support to the other parent, it's important for all parties involved to be on the same page. If you are supposed to be receiving child support payments, but the other parent is lagging behind, you need to learn more...
How much child support will a parent pay?
Going through the divorce process can be stressful and upsetting on many fronts. This is particularly true if you have at least one child with your soon to be ex-spouse. Maryland's Child Support Guidelines are in place to help calculate how much child support one...
What can child support cover?
As you move through the divorce process, you may have to learn more about the details of child support. It's important for both parents to understand what child support covers. With this knowledge, it's much easier for both individuals to remain on the same page. In...
Follow these tips to get a child support modification
Are you required to pay child support? Have you been good about making on time payments in full every month? If so, you hope that this will continue well into the future. However, you know that something could happen that could change your approach. For example, you...
There is more to child support than what you see
If you find yourself going through a divorce, you know that the future will be cloudy in many ways. This definitely holds true if you have at least one child with your soon to be former spouse. For this reason, you need to think long and hard about matters of child...
There are many ways to enforce child support
Has your former partner been ordered by the court to pay child support? If so, you hope that this never becomes a problem. You hope the person makes timely payments, month after month. Unfortunately, there are times when this doesn't happen. Instead, for one reason or...
When your co-parent does not make child support payments
Not receiving the child support payments you are due can lead to severe financial challenges. In turn, this can have a negative impact on your ability to care for your children. Even one missed payment can make all the difference in the quality of life your kids...
When paying child support is difficult, seek professional advice
Taking care of children can be challenging in any situation, but after a divorce, it is even more so. Establishing child support mandates is the government's solution to making sure both parents contribute to the care of their children. However, in an ever-evolving...
Could a phone app lessen child support tensions?
When Maryland parents decide to end their relationship, the division of parenting time and responsibilities is a chief concern. Once a child custody and child support agreement has been reached, many parents begin to struggle over the financial end of things. Child...
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