At this point in the blog series, it addresses one of the most controversial and on-going types of domestic litigation: “child support.” The driving policy behind child support is to maintain the lifestyle the children were accustomed to prior to the divorce. However, it costs more money to operate two households than one. This creates the common position lawyers hear from their clients, which is a variant of “I cannot get by on that low amount of support” or “I cannot afford to pay that much and survive.”
To determine the proper amount of child support each person should pay (which ... Read More
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Continuing in the alphabet blog series, as it relates to terms you might encounter in a divorce, this post covers key “B” words or terms.
Perhaps the most common of terms in a divorce where custody is at issue is the “best interests” standard; this standard applies to all paternity and divorce cases that involve children. A trial court is charged to look out for the best interests of children. In other words, a trial court will not enter an order as to child custody, parenting time, or support or modify such orders unless it is in the children’s best interests.
Unlike ... Read More
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Oct2015
In this series of blog posts, Ciyou & Dixon, P.C. attorneys explore the legal terms that often arise in divorce cases. To make this series meaningful, and tie it between similar and sometimes very different legal concepts, the letters of the alphabet are used to identify and explain key words and terms. There are seven common words to the divorce process that begin with “A.”
The first is “appeal.” A divorce decree and other “final” orders issued by a trial court may be appealed to the Indiana Court of Appeals. With an appeal, three judges review the appealed order, considering the ... Read More