Child Support

What is Supervised Time Sharing and a Reunification Plan?

What is Supervised Time Sharing and a Reunification Plan?

In some child custody cases, alternative measures are taken to provide parents time with their children. What is Supervised Time Sharing? Sometimes, a family law judge will determine that a parent...

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Alimony and Time Sharing Reform Bill Vetoed

Alimony and Time Sharing Reform Bill Vetoed

Florida Governor Rick Scott vetoed the contentious Alimony and Time Sharing Reform Bill today. The bill, which passed the Florida House and Florida Senate, was set to drastically change the current F...

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Can My Child Be Forced To Attend an Extracurricular Activity?

Can My Child Be Forced To Attend an Extracurricular Activity?

Make sure your parenting plan is air-tight and thorough. Before beginning or challenging a custody dispute, it is important to understand what the courts can and cannot order when it comes to parenti...

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Retirement Benefits May Be a Powerful Tool for Child Support Enforcement

Retirement Benefits May Be a Powerful Tool for Child Support Enforcement

An alternative method for collecting unpaid child support. Unfortunately, efforts in family law to garnish wages, or resolve disputes in another futile mediation, even after hours of endless court he...

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Is Overseas Housing Allowance (OHA) included as income for Child Support payment calculations?

Is Overseas Housing Allowance (OHA) included as income for Child Support payment calculations?

Even if the funds are from the government, these funds play a factor in your child support.  If you are receiving an Overseas Housing Allowance, that Overseas Housing Allowance will be included in y...

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How to Calculate Child Support when One Parent is Unemployed

How to Calculate Child Support when One Parent is Unemployed

If one parent is currently out of a job, child support becomes a difficult to allocate.  Many clients wonder how child support is calculated when one parent is unemployed. Often times, the non-worki...

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Paying your child’s college expenses and how it relates to divorce.

Paying your child’s college expenses and how it relates to divorce.

Along with alimony and division of property, your child's pursuit for higher education should be thoroughly discussed.  Many of my clients are worried about who will pay for college expenses when th...

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Will the judge speak to my children in a custody case?

Will the judge speak to my children in a custody case?

A child's testimony may not be necessary.  Clients often wonder if the judge will speak to their children in a child custody case?  In general, most judges that I have encountered are very reluctan...

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We cannot decide where to send our child to school, what do we do?

We cannot decide where to send our child to school, what do we do?

Decisions on where your child attends school require a mutual agreement.  I often have cases where the divorced parents cannot decide on where their children will attend school.  This often occurs ...

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