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Category Archives: Child Support
Crime doesn’t pay. Criminals do.
So your income went down after you were convicted of a criminal offence, and now you can’t pay child support? Too bad: When it comes to paying child support, courts won’t sympathize with parents who are the authors of their … Continue reading
Nova Scotia’s Maintenance Enforcement Mess
The Dexter government’s inexplicable decision to move the Maintenance Enforcement Program from Halifax to Cape Breton is creating massive headaches for support recipients: More stories of confusion and uncertainty emerged Tuesday over the NDP government moving the offices and staff … Continue reading
“This is the judgment day for your children. It’s not about you.”
Every child custody/access litigant should read these words, from South Carolina family court judge Paul W. Garfinkel: A custody case is much different than any accident case or a criminal trial. In those cases, an attorney is only asked to prove … Continue reading
“Preglimony”
An American law professor says would-be fathers should be responsible for paying support to the women they’ve impregnated - before the child is born: A prenatal blood test makes it possible to link a woman’s partner to her pregnancy, according to … Continue reading
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The latest professional athlete unable to make his child support payments is…[drum roll]…Warren Sapp: Former NFL star Warren Sapp owes more than $6.7 million to creditors and back child support and alimony, according to a Chapter 7 bankruptcy filing in … Continue reading
Dennis Rodman, who made millions playing basketball, starring in bad movies and generally being famous for being famous, owes $808,935 in child support arrears and even has lawyers working pro bono. He’s fallen so far since the 2009 Progress Club Sports Celebrity Dinner, … Continue reading
The legend of “Here, My Dear”
It’s one of the most enduring urban legends in music history: that a family court Judge ordered Marvin Gaye to pay his ex-wife all the royalties from his next album, so he deliberately recorded a stinker that no one would … Continue reading
How to ensure you don’t get custody of your children
Lawyer Jacqueline Harounian makes a list at the Huffington Post. If the children are older it might be too late to make up for not being the primary caregiver, but her instructions should be followed to the letter: 1. Not … Continue reading
“Surviving the Holidays After Divorce”
Marybeth Sampsel, a family lawyer in Kalispell, Montana, posted some excellent suggestions for getting through Christmas. A sample: Keep your anger, resentment, annoyance, disgust about your ex, his sports car, his/her new love and his family, to yourself. Remember, your kids … Continue reading
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T.O. wants to pay less
The 2011 NFL season started without the notorious Terrell Owens on a roster, so he’s applying to reduce his child support payments: A representative for Owens spoke to TMZ about the importance of the 37-year-old football free agent wide receiver … Continue reading
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