Essex County Child Support Legal Advice (33 found)

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Phil A. Taylor
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Details of why your child is not living with the mother, and is now living with...
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Henry Lebensbaum's answer
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You have functionally no chance if she brings you to court. However, the court...
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Christopher W. Vaughn-Martel
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I'm sorry to hear that you have a difficult relationship with your daughter....
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Henry Lebensbaum's answer
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You can give up your legal rights, but not your child support obligations,...
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Christopher Joseph Tamms
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Yes, it is ridiculous. Once child support is ordered the money is to go to the...
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Henry Lebensbaum's answer
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Christopher is 1/2 right. Technically the money is to pay for the needs of the...
Karen M Duffy
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The amount of child support is determined pursuant to a mathmatical formula...
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Henry Lebensbaum's answer
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An order continues to exist until there are terms that cancel it....
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Christopher W. Vaughn-Martel
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No, the court will not allow you to divorce without confronting issues of...
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Nancy M Von Kittlitz's answer
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In Massachusetts you are generally required to address all of the child related...
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Henry Lebensbaum's answer
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He will make his pitch to the Court, and you can ask the court that he be...
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Gerard A Cyr's answer
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Your Husband will not be entitled to reduce your support until there is a full...
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Henry Lebensbaum's answer
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The short answer is yes -
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The mother still has to pay all the regular bills related to having children...
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Christopher W. Vaughn-Martel
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Your ex husband is partially correct. You need either his permission or the...
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Henry Lebensbaum's answer
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If he refuses, then you should file for Modification, seeking relocation, and...
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Henry Lebensbaum's answer
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Your location is largely inconsequential. The correct focus in on the daughter....
Gabriel Cheong
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Where you live does not matter as much as where your daughter is living. In...
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Annette L Goudy's answer
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This is such a potentially serious situation in that you could be on the hook...
Jessica Ann Foley
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Hi, I'm a Massachusetts attorney. You can contest this in court. You can...
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Phil A. Taylor
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From your post, it appears that an agreement has been filed with the court and...
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Henry Lebensbaum's answer
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An agreement is all too often fleeting, and sometimes even before the paper...
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Henry Lebensbaum's answer
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Go to court and file a complaint for modification, and a complaint for contempt...
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Christopher W. Vaughn-Martel
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Assuming that the Plaintiff does not show up for a pretrial hearing, the case...
Katie Leigh Lenihan
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I am assuming that you already went to Court. The Judge has wide discretion on...
Gabriel Cheong
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You, as the girlfriend has nothing to worry about in terms of the court. There...
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Henry Lebensbaum's answer
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I agree. Unless he acknowledges fatherhood, then it needs to be proven. She...
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Henry Lebensbaum's answer
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Child support is based on your and the father's earnings. Having your friend...
Joseph K. Chancellor
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You have the right to object to his complaint to modify child support and you...
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Henry Lebensbaum's answer
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these are 2 issues. You need to file a contempt action, and litigate the...
Gabriel Cheong
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If your name is not on the title of the house, you most likely do not have any...
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Henry Lebensbaum's answer
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I agree - there is no property division unless you are married. You can have...

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