Child Support

If you pay attention to the news or if you have heard a horror story or two, you know that divorces can take years to finalize. However, just because the legal process works slowly does not mean that your bills halt or that your child stops costing you money. While...

There are many worries Californians may have when getting divorced. When they are parents, this generally includes major concerns about how the divorce will impact their kids. It is important for parents to remember that there are many things they can do to protect...

Child support is one of the most complex issues in any divorce -- and one of the most agonizing financial concerns. If you have primary custody of the kids, you're naturally concerned about making sure that they have everything they need. If you don't have primary...

Could you be on the hook for your adult child's college tuition and other expenses as part of his or her child support? Maybe. California's child support law requires parents to continue paying support to their children past their 18th birthday only if they are:...

Celebrities often go through the same sort of struggles that ordinary people do -- just more publicly and on a larger scale. There are elements of their lives, however, that often help illustrate some valuable lessons. One of those lessons is what it means to pay...

Actress Tori Spelling, the famous daughter of TV legend Aaron Spelling, has been beset by financial problems for years due to a combination of a lavish lifestyle, a chronically unemployed spouse, five young children under the age of 11 and a variety of failed...

Nonpayment of child support is one of the biggest hurdles that a lot of parents face. For those not getting payment, it can be impossible to make ends meet financially. For those not paying the proper amount, there are many looming ramifications, from a potential...

More and more people are working as independent contractors -- or significantly supplementing their income through what is becoming known as the "gig" economy. People take all sorts of jobs online and off -- tutoring students for the SATs, giving music lessons,...

Why do some parents choose not to pay child support? It certainly isn't a wise choice to go against a judge's order, and the penalties can range from having wages garnished and tax returns grabbed to being jailed for contempt of court. Here are some of the main...

Back-to-school season is starting and a lot of parents are still frantically trying to fill their school shopping lists. If you're the non-custodial parent, you probably figure that's what your child support is for, right? Well, not exactly. The support you pay is...