Category Archives: Child Support
Do You Have to Pay Child Support when Your Child Goes to College?
When two parents divorce, they must resolve many issues and child support is one of the biggest. Child support is intended to cover the child’s expenses and many parents wonder if this includes college. Students in Florida pay $3,891 for in-state residency and that amount more than triples to $15,494 if a student goes… Read More »
When Do the Courts Deviate from the Child Support Formula in Florida?
When two parents are no longer together, the non-custodial parent typically must pay the custodial parent child support. In Florida, the courts use certain child support guidelines when determining the amount of child support obligations. For anyone going through a divorce or child custody case, it is critical to know how the courts establish… Read More »
Is Child Support Required if Parents Have Joint Custody?
Under Florida law, all parents are required to financially support their parents, even if the parents divorce. It is natural to think that after a divorce, each parent would pay exactly half of the child’s expenses. Unfortunately, this does not always happen. In most cases, one parent usually spends more on the children, regardless… Read More »
What to Do if You Cannot Pay Child Support
Divorce is never easy but when a case involves children, it will have long-term impacts. In Florida, all parents of minor children are expected to financially support them until they turn 18 years old or they graduate high school. During divorce, one parent is often ordered to pay child support. While child support can… Read More »
What is the Average Child Support Payment in Orlando?
Every parent in Orlando, and throughout all of Florida, is expected to financially support their children until a child turns 18 years old. Child support can be extended until a child’s 19th birthday if they turn 18 and are still in high school. During a divorce, the court will typically award child support to… Read More »
Four Ways Child Support is Terminated
After a divorce or separation that involves children, one parent is usually ordered by the court to pay child support. Child support is typically paid to the parent who spends the most amount of time with the child. It is intended to help cover the daily expenses and other costs of raising the child… Read More »
What Does Child Support Cover in Orlando?
When two people have a child together and later end the relationship, one parent is often required to pay child support. Child support is a very contentious issue in divorce and paternity matters and people who pay it may feel resentful for many years to come. Sometimes, they may argue that the recipient is… Read More »
Common Myths About Child Support, And The Truth Behind Them
Child support is one of the most misunderstood issues in divorce. These misunderstandings have caused many myths about child support to abound. Child support laws vary from state to state, and they are quite complex. The laws are also always changing, and all of these factors only contribute to the number of myths surrounding… Read More »
Your Child Support Questions, Answered
In Orlando, as throughout the rest of Florida, all parents are expected to support their children financially until they turn 18 years old or graduate high school. The obligation is not terminated in the event that the two parents get a divorce. During a divorce, parents can agree to a fair amount of child… Read More »
Can You Increase Child Support Payments?
The only constant in life is change, and this holds true for final divorce decrees, as well. The terms that make sense at the time of divorce may no longer be reasonable two, three, or ten years down the road. In the case of child support, the arrangements that worked even a few months… Read More »
