The Intersection of Family Law
by: David Slepkow.
The intersection between family law, criminal law and divorce in RIOverviewA Rhode Island criminal domestic misdemeanor or felony case is often intertwined with complex issues concerning family law, child custody, child support, visitation...
Understanding The Law... Defacto, Divorce And Family Law
by: Nominate A Lawyer.
The following Q&A's have been provided to help you better understand Family Law.Q. I recently divorced my husband who has left me with the four children and he has suggested that as we have no assets he will give me half of his superannuat...
Get Rid of your Child Support Headaches!
by: Donald P. Schweitzer.
Mary Smith’s divorce was final and she hoped her headaches were over. The court had ordered her ex-husband to make monthly payments in support of their two children, and although the amount of support was not much, Mary expected the mo...
Collected Unpaid Child Support
by: Detra Davis.
There is over $100 Billion in accumulated unpaid support owed to 18 million children in the United States, according to The Federal Office of Child Support in the Preliminary Statistics for 2003. Most states cannot explain the existence ...
Family Law
by: Johnette Duff.
A frustrating lack of permanence plagues modern relationships. Approximately one of every two marriages ends in divorce and the average length of a marriage before divorce is only five years. Many couples today chose cohabitation over tra...
Child Support: 5 Key Things Every Parent Should Know
by: Detra D. Davis.
There is no magic solution to getting issues surrounding child support resolved. Most parents know that when dealing with the bureaucracy tied to the child support system persistence, persistence, persistence is the key that opens the door...
How To Do Child Support Enforcement Using Employment Locate
by: Ed Opperman.
If you are in desperate need of child support enforcement, but don't want to spend big dollars or hours to get the job done, employment locate might be the perfect solution for you. Here are a few pointers to help get you startedMany peo...
Using Employment Locate for Child Support Enforcement
by: Ed Opperman.
If you are in desperate need of child support enforcement, but don't want to spend big dollars or hours to get the job done, employment locate might be the perfect solution for you. Here are a few pointers to help get you startedMany peop...
Rosen Divorce On-Line Child Support Calculator
by: Rosen Divorce.
The new child support calculator takes the user step-by-step through the process and explains each element of the formula to determine respective child support expenses. “We realized a lot of people weren’t sure which worksheet to us...
3 Key Ways to Keep Child Support Funds Flowing
by: Detra D. Davis.
If you are one of the millions of parents who receive sporadic child support payments, here are three strategies you can use to improve the untimely receipt of child support payments.Caution: These strategies will not work for everyone, ...
New York Divorce & Family Law
by: David M. Siegel.
The award of attorney fees and the amount to be paid by the parties is within the discretion of the trial court and will not be disturbed absent a clear showing of an abuse of discretion. An award of attorney fees in an Illinois divorce ...
Recent Family Law Decision
by: David M. Siegel.
RevestmentThe court had authority to modify the distribution of proceeds under the doctrine of revestment; under this doctrine, litigants may revest a court which has general jurisdiction over the matter, with both personal and subject m...
Family Law Case Update
by: David M. Siegel.
Where no benefit accrued to the custodial parent by the noncustodial parent's action of reducing the received child support, and it could not be concluded that the payor's actions were the result of apparent or implied authority or that ...
Family Law Case Updater
by: David M. Siegel.
Change in CircumstancesThe uncontroverted evidence was such that the child support order should have been reduced or modified to reflect respondent's financial resources which at best could have been described as limited. In order to jus...
Philadelphia Family Law Topics
by: David M. Siegel.
Factors ConsideredWhen setting an amount for modification of child support, the court may consider the same factors used when formulating an original support order; these factors include the standard of living the child would have enjoye...
