Disagreements over financial support for a child are not new for Hackensack parents. It’s not common to hear about cases when children dispute what they feel parents owe them. Child support provisions can be built into divorce agreements, stating how much money noncustodial parents are expected to contribute toward children’s higher education. According to Reuters,
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Child Support
New Jersey parents should take advantage of child support amnesty
New Jersey parents who have fallen into arrears with their child support payments should take advantage of a one-week amnesty offered to help them catch up. According to one Camden County freeholder, 400,000 New Jersey children are dependent on child support. In almost 60 percent of those cases, a parent has fallen behind on payments.
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I’m pregnant, and my ex-husband is the father
When a couple chooses to end their marriage, the day that they finalize their divorce is the day that they are no longer married under the eyes of the law. There is no gray area, no in between where the law is concerned. However, this doesn’t mean that the emotions automatically disappear too. Emotions that
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QDRO as a support enforcement tool?
Taking time to negotiate and draft the terms in a divorce settlement is time well spent, because those terms are very important once the divorce has been finalized. These terms will determine the property that each spouse gets, the alimony payment that will help them through the new transition, the schedule for when they will
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