People in Pennsylvania who go through a divorce may wonder about the impact that remarriage can have on child support. In many cases, people who remarry may seek to have more children in the future as part of their new marriage. In other cases, people marry other...
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More divorced women are paying alimony
In the past few decades, there have been great changes in Pennsylvania's workforce. More wives are now working and out-earning their spouses than ever before. As a result of this, more divorced women paying alimony to their former husbands. Attorneys nationwide have...
How to terminate child support orders in Pennsylvania
Noncustodial parents are generally required to pay child support to help custodial parents raise a child. However, it is possible that a parent who is receiving support can request that those payments be stopped. This generally occurs when parents choose to get back...
Federal system aims to enhance child support collection
Child support enforcement can be a major concern for single parents in Pennsylvania struggling to make ends meet after a delinquent parent fails to pay. These funds can be critical to maintaining a child's health, welfare and education, and enforcing child support...
Are you unable to make your child support payments?
When making child support payments, you understand the importance of doing so on time and in full every month. With this approach, you know that your child is receiving the financial support he or she needs.As time goes by, your financial situation can change. So, a...
How to compel a parent to pay child support
Pennsylvania parents who are ordered to pay child support must comply with that order. While there may be many reasons why a parent may not want to comply, there are consequences for failure to do so. Primarily, child support payments are designed to ensure that both...
Consequences of delinquent child support
Family courts may order one parent to pay child support when they don't live in the same home as the child. Pennsylvania parents may need to start paying financial support for their child when one spouse files for divorce or when unmarried parents separate. These...
Trump budget includes $63 million to set up child support systems
Lawmakers in Pennsylvania and around the country have struggled for decades to develop effective ways to keep track of and collect unpaid child support. Congress tasked states with the job of putting such systems into place with the passage of the Family Support Act...
Mel Gibson’s ex faces lawsuit after child support dispute
Some people in Pennsylvania may remember actor Mel Gibson's disputes with his ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva. Grigorieva rejected an offered $15 million deal from Gibson but accepted a settlement of $750,000 in 2011. She subsequently sued her lawyers, saying she was...
Judge orders actress Jodie Sweetin to pay child support
Pennsylvania fans of the actress Jodie Sweetin may have heard that she has been ordered to pay child support to her ex-husband Morty Coyle. On Dec. 15, a judge ordered her to make two payments per month of $1,400 each. The payments are due on the first and...