Who’s the Father?: How Paternity is Established
Today, families come in many shapes and sizes. Families can begin and grow before a marriage and not all mothers and fathers are meant to be together. In these cases, you may have to establish paternity to gain certain benefits for your child. There are many reasons why you may want to establish paternity. If you are seeking child support or other benefits for your child, you will need to…
Read MoreHow is a Child Support Order Modified?
Child support is often a long commitment, usually lasting until your child turns 18 or stops attending high school full time. However, child support is calculated off of a standard formula as set forth by the State of California. It is based mainly off of parental income and residential time, although these both fluctuate throughout the course of a child’s upbringing. Significant changes in income or residential time may warrant…
Read MoreWhat Does Child Support Cover?
Caring and providing for your child is a requirement of all parents, regardless of separation or divorce. To ensure no parent walks away from a divorce without the obligation to financially provide for their child, child support is ordered in every divorce case, unlike spousal support, which isn’t always necessary. The State of California has set forth a standard calculation to determine basic child support amounts. This calculation takes heavily…
Read MoreManaging a Demanding Work Schedule with Joint Custody
Nothing will test your time management skills as co-parenting a child with a demanding work schedule. It is important you exercise your timesharing rights and have to accommodate the other parent’s schedule as well. After agreeing upon a timesharing schedule in your Parenting Plan, the family law courts will enforce it and hold each parent to “making it work”. Not making an effort or not being able to consistently exercise…
Read MoreCan I Move for a New Job and Still Exercise My Visitation?
Everyone’s life changes after divorce. Sometimes people want to make a fresh start and try something new and being single again can make it easier to take big steps like accepting a new job offer. As a co-parent, however, you need to carefully consider the effects any big changes may have on your family. Moving for a job that will take you further away from your child can pose special…
Read MoreHow Will Work Travel Affect My Visitation Schedule?
As part of a divorce, you will have to draft up a Parenting Plan that outlines a timesharing schedule for you and your former spouse to co-parent your child. Generally, these timesharing schedules will consider each parent’s work schedule and reflect the percentage of time each parent will spend with the child. If you have to frequently travel for your job, take this into consideration when drafting up your parenting…
Read MoreIs Child Support Taxed?
Child support is the basic financial responsibility of all parents of minor children. Parents, whether together, separated, or divorced all carry with them a responsibility to care and provide for their children. How much you will have to pay or will receive depends on how much residential time you spend with your child and the financial resources of both parents. Child Support is Not Taxable Child support is not income…
Read MoreWill Child Support Cover Private School Tuition?
Child support is ordered to ensure every parent fulfills their responsibility to care and provide for their children after separation or divorce. Basic child support is meant to cover the basic cost of caring for and raising a child. State guidelines require this amount to reflect: the incomes of the parents, and how much residential time each parent has because during that time they are responsible for covering basic day-to-day…
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