In an ideal world, working out child support arrangements would be smooth and simple. No muss, no fuss, no drama, no big deal, no problem. Unfortunately, it doesn’t work out that way a whole lot of the time. Take the recent case of rapper Flavor Flav (of Public Enemy fame). He agreed to pay more [...]
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Denver, Colo. – The U.S. Government Accountability Office recently released a study showing that child support collections decreased for the first time since Congress created enforcement departments in 1975. The recession is a big factor, but so is the ability to find parents who are trying to hide from child support payments or who are [...]
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This week, it is reported that the divorce between Sean Penn and Robin Wright is finally over. The couple managed to reach a private agreement on child support, spousal support, property division and child custody of their 17 year old son, Hopper Jack. The news was revealed in court papers filed on July 22nd in [...]
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More than a year after her son was born, Bristol Palin has finally received the court order she needed to collect money from her son’s father, Levi Johnston. An Alaska judge recently awarded Bristol Palin, daughter of ex Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin, interim child support for her son Tripp. Palin had been asking Johnston to [...]
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“Fathers’ rights” is a relatively new term in family law, and describes a man’s rights to equal treatment in regards to child support, child custody, and visitation. In the past, when a couple would divorce or legally separate, the courts almost always sided with the mother, granting sole custody to the mother and ordering the [...]
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