As far as choosing where to live, a child who is 12 and up can inform the court of which parent they would prefer to stay with.
Child Support
How is child support determined?
The amount of child support is based on the income of the parent paying it as well as the needs of the child.
How is child support enforced?
A wage-withholding order can be issued as a way to receive child support payments straight from your ex’s earnings, freeing you of having to enforce them in the future.
My partner and I have two children but were never married. How is custody and…
Even if you and your partner never married you still have all the same legal obligations to care for them as married couples do.
Are spousal and child support taxable in Canada?
Find out if spousal and child support are taxable and how you can work support payments out to your benefit whether you are the payer or the payee.
My ex-spouse is not complying with the provisions of our divorce judgment …
Contacting the Family Responsibility Office is one of two ways to enforce your ex paying you the support you are owed.
What can I do to help my kids recover from our divorce?
Being around your children and talking to them is one way to begin understanding where they are in dealing with the realities of your divorce. Learn from the expert the best way to guide your children through the divorce recovery process.
Every month my ex is late with his child support payment. Should I withhold …
Late child support payments are payments nonetheless, and there are ways of ensuring that they are delivered more promptly then withholding your children from contact with them.
How can I get out from under child support for an adult?
My son lives with his mother, who allowed him to drop out of school two years ago. He already has a learning disability (special ed.). He attended GED classes for one and a half years without ever passing the test. Now he has stopped attending the classes. I’m still paying $320 a month in child support for a nearly 19-year-old man who isn’t working; he can’t get a job because he has no GED. When will it end? His mother wants to move to Florida as soon as she sells her home. Do I have to continue with the support even when he’ll be with her in Florida? How can I get emancipated from this child? What do I do?
If we each have the kids 50% of the time, is it true that neither of us will have to pay child support to the other?
If we each have the kids 50% of the time, is it true that neither of us will have to pay child support to the other? No, this is not true. the court determine child support, at least in California.
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