Child Support

If you've been involved in a child support case, then you want to make sure that it's fair and you get what you deserve from your ex. In Maryland, a new review has found that the state's child support collection efforts have improved, which is good news for anyone...

If you're expected to have to pay child support, you might decide to seek custody instead of reducing your payments. In cases like this one, that might be one of your options in Maryland. According to the news from Feb. 23, Ludacris, a well-known rapper, wants to seek...

There are a lot of news releases about child support and who should get it, in Maryland but this one may take you by surprise. According to a release from March 5, a teen in New Jersey has actually asked a judge to give her child support even though she chose to leave...

Having children comes with the obligation to support them. That is an obligation most mature adults realize that continues regardless of whether or not a marriage continues. For some narcissistic ex-spouses, however, there may be major resentments about having to pay...

Statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau reveal that a nationwide shortfall of as much as $14 billion in child support due goes unpaid annually. Divided up, that translates to children not receiving as much as a third of the money that is supposed to pay for their...

A new traveling paternity test service in Baltimore, Maryland, has created a stir by performing tests out of its mobile clinic. In an age of ever-present DNA testing, paternity tests for child support purposes is becoming increasingly profitable, prompting more...

A man from Maryland's neighboring state of Virginia is still struggling with financial problems related to child support. The man is involved in a drawn-out child support battle over a child that is not biologically related to him. He has spent significant time in and...

The Maryland Department of Human Resources (DHR) says it has corrected seven out of 11 problems identified by auditors during an assessment of the state's handling of child support. It stressed that it plans to resolve the remaining issues by the beginning of May 2013...

According to attorneys and other experts, noncustodial parents who have failed to make court-ordered child support may be forced to forfeit their annual tax refunds. Many parents in Maryland and other states who owe child support but are regularly making efforts to...

The Maryland Department of Human Resources claims it will save approximately $1.4 million when it begins electronically sending all child support checks to their recipients. The state previously mailed paper checks to custodial parents, but officials with the Child...