As family court is a civil court, the burden of proof is a preponderance of the evidence. This means what could not be proven beyond a reasonable...

The asker must sweet talk the mother to waive those arrears. The operative statute forces the child support court to abdicate its authority to the...

This asker says she wants to proceed with a divorce. She can search online for a lawyer, she can use the find-a-lawyer tab above, or she can file...

On the surface, this can be either a criminal case or a civil case in family court or possibly both. The asker must be proactive in her own defense...

We cannot provide personal legal guidance to anonymous askers. The issue here is service of a notice of appeal and its filing. The asker must...

The wife is precluded from having her income and assets included in the asker's child support. This means he can game the system and pay sporadically.

We do not know. We would have to review the asker's order of support to see what happens, if anything, once the older child ages out. Some orders...

This question presents a classic violation of the custody agreement and can result in the other parent being held in contempt. There can also be a...

The asker can file a child support modification petition under and F-Docket to modify her divorce judgment to have support payments go through...

An attorney can prove very effective in settling a child support proceeding, but we cannot tell how that will go in this fact pattern. It appears...