While many parents think their child support should cover all expenses related to their child(ren), that is usually not the case. In addition to ordering child support, the Court usually requires both parents to contribute to the reasonable expenses for childcare, school, extracurricular activities, and healthcare. More specifically, the Court has the discretion to order …
Many parents with college-bound children have the following questions: Is it okay if I wait to file a petition to have my ex-spouse contribute to college expenses until after my child starts college? It depends on the language in your Judgment for Dissolution of Marriage. Usually, when parents divorce and a Judgment for Dissolution of …
It’s That Time of Year! Truing up child support and maintenance It has become increasingly more common for parties to be required to “true-up” child support pursuant to the Judgment for Dissolution of Marriage entered in their case. Typically, after year-end income information is available, the parties share their respective earnings for the year and …
