Parents of children with special needs face unique challenges compared to other parents. They must often act as their child’s advocate, negotiate the public benefit system and try to support their well-being. During divorce, parents of special needs children must ask...
Child Support
Child Support
The need for civility concerning child support situations
An article tells the unsettling story of a so-called "deadbeat parent" that apparently fled to Florida and many other locations to get out of his paying his child support obligations. Eventually, this father ended up in jail and his picture was plastered all over the...
Florida man alleged $166,000 delinquent in child support
A complaint filed against a Florida man claims that he owes approximately $166,000 in back child support. The delinquent child support payments cover the period from 2007 until 2012. The father now faces nine counts of failing to pay child support in what could result...
Florida child support conflict criticized by judge
Though the goal of all courts are to resolve family law matters as smoothly as possible, friction in matters regarding child support and child custody is all too common. In one recent Florida matter concerning child custody, a former wife apparently falsely accused...
Parents gambling away money owed to their children
A child support program in another state has netted more than $806,000 in casino winnings from individuals that were failing to pay out on their child support obligations. In one casino alone, $106,771 was collected from these parents, and one specific parent ended up...
The biological father and needs of the child
In a story that has gained national attention, one particular state has become involved in a child support matter where the biological father happens to have been a sperm donor for a lesbian couple. However, because the father did not donate the sperm by going to a...
Social media requires extra thought amidst family law disputes
Think before you act. It has been an adage for a long time, but like everything else it should be updated to fit the times. In this day-and-age it seems as though "Think before you post" is a more appropriate saying -- especially when it comes to family law issues...
Father of 9 owes $100,000 child support arrears
It's disturbing how certain parents simply choose not to provide for their children. One out-of-state father with nine children is in arrear close to $100,000 in back child support payments. With the father of the nine children being hauled into court, a judge...
Child support payments and parent resentment
Will forcing a parent to pay child support obligations then cause resentment towards the children? This is a question that was brought up in a newspaper column by a mother after having various discussions with her former husband. Sadly, parents will often use the...
Father alleged to owe $700,000 in back child support
A former lawyer living in Florida is alleged to owe $700,000 in back child support. The former lawyer denies that he owes any such obligation, and he instead claims that he was actually granted custody of the children back in 1991. This father of the children claims...