In a previous blog entry, we talked about the problem with paying child support by cash. When a parent who is ordered to pay child support pays by cash, there is no record of the payment itself. In ...

Recently enacted changes to the state’s child support formula and guidelines should have a dramatic effect on the amount paid by high-income earners. The amendment – enacted in the previous ...

The average child support payment for a noncustodial parent is $430 a month, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That comes to $5,160 a year, or more than $92,880 over 18 years, when a child becomes ...

More than $100 million in child support goes uncollected in Ohio each year. Ohio’s child support system, plagued with an outdated formula used to calculate payments, $100 million a year in unpaid ...

The calculation of child support can be an important issue in resolving a divorce or custody case. Parties can often get into contentious disputes in terms of child support calculations. If parties ...

Significant changes in Minnesota’s child support laws, that go into effect Jan. 1, 2007, have the potential to change lives for parents who share children, but are not married. A new formula for ...

Regardless of circumstances, a custodial parent is entitled to financial support from the child’s other parent. Credit...Lucy Jones Supported by By Diane Mehta This guide was originally published on ...