by Lawrence | Feb 8, 2010 | Child Custody & Visitation, child support
The story I’m about to tell you is my favorite example of how goofy our child support laws can be. If you’re in a hurry I’ll save you some time and give you the moral of the story: You can be compelled to pay child support to someone who...
by Lawrence | Dec 28, 2009 | child support
My last couple of posts have been concerning child support and child support enforcement. I promised a couple of examples of heavy-handed enforcement, so here’s my first story: A guy called me from one of the New England states because he had been sued by the...
by Lawrence | Dec 22, 2009 | child support, Divorce
If you are paying child support to the Child Support Receiving Unit and you love staying out of jail, you need to pay attention. This is a perfect example of how no good deed will go unpunished. The best way to explain this is with an example. Suppose you’ve...
by Lawrence | Dec 2, 2009 | child support
According to a recent press release by the U.S. Census Bureau, 53.2 percent of parents who are supposed to be receiving child support are not receiving the full amount they are due. 23.7 percent aren’t receiving child support at all. What’s worse, is that...
