In a previous blog entry, we talked about the problem with paying child support by cash. When a parent who is ordered to pay child support pays by cash, there is no record of the payment itself. In ...

Recently enacted changes to the state’s child support formula and guidelines should have a dramatic effect on the amount paid by high-income earners. The amendment – enacted in the previous ...

The average child support payment for a noncustodial parent is $430 a month, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That comes to $5,160 a year, or more than $92,880 over 18 years, when a child becomes ...

Prior to the Child Support Standards Act, there was a wide disparity of child support awards due to a lack of clear standards and formulas. In 1995, the Court of Appeals stepped in to provid guidance, ...

The calculation of child support can be an important issue in resolving a divorce or custody case. Parties can often get into contentious disputes in terms of child support calculations. If parties ...

Mississippi is one of only four states where one parent's income is used to determine child support, and that keeps child support payments here higher than if both parents' incomes were used, ...

A father of two says his employer-paid perks, including a Lexus automobile, cell phone and four season tickets to Ohio State football games, should not be included as part of his income when ...

New child support guidelines that took effect July 1 have been largely well-received by Maryland family law practitioners, though some attorneys say they’ve encountered “glitches” in the formula used ...