As of July 1, 2012, a new statute regarding emancipation of children for child support matters went into effect. Previous blog posts have examined the intricacies of the new law, and some cases after its inception. However, recently, the Committee that helped enact the new law is taking a second …
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In either divorce, or paternity cases, often the non-custodial parent is ordered to pay some amount of child support to the custodial parent. The actual weekly amount ordered depends on several variables, such as the relative income of both parents and the number of overnight visits the noncustodial parent has …
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A topic Ciyou & Dixon, P.C. has blogged about before is the new emancipation statute effective July 1, 2012, the new child support statute inIndianagoes into effect. However, there has been a recent case decided by the Indiana Court of Appeals which gives into how the Indiana Court of Appeals …
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Child Support to End At Age 19!! A near universal we observe is that child support is an issue that is contentious: the payor argues it is not enough to take care of the child and the payee too much support for him/her to live a decent lifestyle. And child …
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What You Need to Know About the Social Security Disability Exception An area of domestic law Ciyou & Dixon, P.C. attorneys observe clients sometimes very upset relates to Social Security Disability payments. For a long time, the Child Support Rules and Guidelines and controlling case law was vague and undeveloped …
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Contractual Obligations, Child Support and Income Withholding, and COBRA Unlike the larger body of civil law, domestic relations has mostly grey statutory provisions that are equitable as much as they are legal. The reason for this is life is anything but organized and linear. It is messy and filled with …
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The Arguments, Policies, and Legal Theories Pro and Con While parents sometimes vehemently disagree about the amount of child support to be paid (received by the custodial parent) to maintain the lifestyle of the child(ren) post divorce, which is a controlling policy under the Child Support Guidelines, most would acknowledge …
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At Ciyou & Dixon, P.C., we observe many divorce and custody disputes are centered around child support issues, and especially, how to determine weekly gross income for child support purposes. Often, it is more than simply base monthly salary divided by 4.3. More typically, the matter is a complex query …
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