During family law litigation, parents face a spectrum of emotions, ranging from frustration, anger, and a sense of loss, all interacting with one another. This is quite frequent when child custody disputes are in play. In almost any domestic litigation scenarios, aware parents can use these emotions to deal with …
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Modifying Child Support with a Large Arrearage and Reinstatement of License to Drive Based On Law and Public Policy Through divorce or custody proceedings, a child support worksheet, which uses a complex formula, is produced in order to determine an appropriate child support amount to be paid. The child support …
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Beware of “True Up” Provisions and Changing Child Support Formulas When calculating child support, complex mathematical formulas are utilized which take in account prior and subsequently born children, health care costs, and the number of overnights exercised by the parent paying child support, to name a few. These are constant …
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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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When child support is calculated, there are a number of factors that are included or excluded based on certain formulas and rules. For example, and common, in determining the amount of child support paid, parents get credit for subsequent children, health insurance payments for the child(ren), and the number of …
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As noted in other blogs by Ciyou & Dixon, P.C., as the dynamics of a family shift, so do the legal issues facing the family. Often, child care and financial support is given by grandparents or other family members if the biological parents are either unable or unwilling to raise …
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During a divorce or separation proceeding the issues of custody, parenting time and child support are determined, if not by an agreement approved by the court, than after a hearing. Child support is the duty of both parents. In practice, child support is generally paid by the parent who does …
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The laws of the state of Indiana give parents a great deal of latitude in the raising of their child(ren). In fact, the United States Constitution contains the fundamental right for biological parents–above others--to raise their children as they see fit: whatever their religion, morals, and values may be1. To …
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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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