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Family Law Prof Blog
Case Law Developments: Child Support – Presumptions as to Overpayments and Underemployment
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In an interesting case involving an attorney father who overpaid child support and then fell in arrears after he quit his high-paid position to become a public defender, the Tennessee…
Family Law Prof Blog
Case Law Development: Paternity Actions – statutes of limitations, equitable tolling, intentional infliction of emotional distress
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R.A.C. v. P.J.S., 2005 N.J. Super. LEXIS 258 (N.J. App. Ct. August 31, 2005) A year after being told by his ex-wife that their youngest son, then thirty years of…
Family Law Prof Blog
Case Law Development: Child Support when Child is Incarcerated
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Rodney P. v. Stacy B., 2005 Ky. LEXIS 245 (August 25, 2005)This case of first impression, the Kentucky Supreme Court examines child support obligations for an incarcerated child. Here, Mom…
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(Column) After applauding Missouri in my column for passing a law that protects Reservists and Guard Members from child support arrears as they go from high-paying civilian jobs to lower…
Chicago Family Law Blog
Falling Behind on Child Support Payments
Child support payments may either be ordered by the court in a divorce decree or legal separation agreement or mutually agreed upon by the parties. Several laws exist which are…
New Jersey Law Blog
Child Support – Is Eighteen Old Enough to Emancipate your Child?
If you're paying child support in New Jersey, you might expect those payments to automatically terminate on your child's eighteenth birthday. Depending upon the circumstances, that expectation could be wrong.
Chicago Family Law Blog
The U.S. Department of Justice Implements the CSRA
Congress enacted the Child Support Recovery Act (CSRA) on October 25, 1992. Under the CSRA, the willful failure to pay support for a child living in another state constitutes a…
ContractsProf Blog
PING: Contracts Professor on Child SupportURL: http://knightonfamilylaw.com/2005/09/contracts-professor-on-child-support.htmlIP: 72.9.234.70BLOG NAME: Knight on Family LawDATE: 09/20/2005 08:04:02 AMAs the ContractsProf Blog says, it’s the odd child-support agreement that will turn on questions of contract law. Arze v. Arze [majority opinion; dissent] is such a case. The issue arose because the husband was given primary custody, but he signed a …
It's the odd child-support agreement that will turn on questions of contract law rather than on the best interest of the child, but the Tennessee Court of Appeals got to…
Chicago Family Law Blog
UMDA Standards for Modification of Child Support
Although the law with respect to child support modification varies considerably by state, generally, before a court will modify a child support order, the requesting parent is often required to…
Chicago Family Law Blog
Practical Considerations Regarding Child Support Modification
Frequently, as a result of a change in circumstances, parents seek to modify child support orders. Although the law varies considerably among states, delaying or failing to modify child support…