Recent Posts in Child Support Category

• How Parental College Contributions Affect Child Support

  Posted By Moskowitz Law Group, LLC || 14-Sep-2017

  Helping your child attend college and receive an education that can aid them in becoming productive and contributing members to society is an important part of parenthood. By law, parents have an obligation to contribute to their child’s education, and those obligations can be enforced in child support orders. However, when a child reaches adult age and attends college, parents have many ...
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• How to Enforce a Child Support Order in New Jersey

  Posted By Moskowitz Law Group, LLC || 11-Sep-2017

  Financial support of a child is the responsibility of both parents, whether married or divorced. If the parents are divorced, however, the judge will most likely enter an order regarding the amount of child support due and from which parent. When a judge enters an order, it is expected to be followed. Unfortunately that is not always the case. When child support orders are ignored, the other party ...
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• How Much Child Support Do You Pay for One Child?

  Posted By Moskowitz Law Group, LLC || 27-Jul-2017

  As part of a divorce involving two parents, the court is going to establish child support payments. Due to the court’s own rules that require it to consider the best interests of the child first and foremost, there is really no way to get around child support. The question is therefore not whether someone will have to pay child support, but instead, “How much child support will be paid ...
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• What Happens If I Can't Pay My Child Support Obligation?

  Posted By Moskowitz Law Group, LLC || 16-May-2017

  Raising a child is going to be expensive, no matter how your finances look. Monetary strain can be exasperated after a divorce. It is highly likely that monthly child support obligations will be established, paid by the spouse that generally makes more income to the other spouse that has also obtained primary child custody rights. However, when child support is established as part of a divorce, it ...
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• Divorce versus Annulment

  Posted By Moskowitz Law Group, LLC || 13-Feb-2017

  When it comes to ending a marriage, there are two possible choices: divorce and annulment. Most people are familiar with how divorce works, but annulment is much less clear. In this blog, we will clarify the differences so that you have a better picture of what your options are for ending a marriage in New Jersey. In a divorce, a legally recognized marriage is dissolved before the death of either ...
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• What Does "Best Interests" Of My Child Mean?

  Posted By Moskowitz Law Group, LLC || 23-May-2016

  Separating one home into two during a divorce is a huge change to a family dynamic. While this certainly impacts every member of the family, it is the children that feel it most and take the longest to adjust. Knowing this, family courts endeavor to make decisions and enter orders that are in the best interests of children. What exactly is meant by the legal term “best interests of the ...
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• Does Child Support Stop At Age 18?

  Posted By Moskowitz Law Group, LLC || 1-Feb-2016

  A big part of any divorce case with children is determining where the kids will live, figuring out a reasonable visitation schedule and/or parenting plan, and calculating a figure for child support. The cost to raise a child is high, so it is important to arrive at a child support figure that meets your kids’ needs. Another aspect of child support is determining a length of time for which ...
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• How Quickly Will I Start Getting Child Support?

  Posted By Moskowitz Law Group, LLC || 7-Jan-2016

  It is no secret that kids are expensive. There is ample data available outlining the cost of raising a child, from birth through to college graduation. The figures are staggering, and many families are opting to have only one or two kids because the expense is too much to handle. And this is the norm for a two-parent family, where both spouses work full time. When a couple gets divorced, leaving ...
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• How To Enforce A Child Support Order

  Posted By Moskowitz Law Group, LLC || 6-Apr-2015

  Financial support of a child is the responsibility of both parents, whether married or divorced. If the parents are divorced though, the Judge will have entered an order regarding the amount of support due and from whom. When a Judge enters an order it is expected to be followed. Unfortunately that is not always the case and one party or another has a need to seek enforcement. Enforcing child ...
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• How To Modify Child Support

  Posted By Moskowitz Law Group, LLC || 27-Jan-2015

  When a couple with children gets divorced, important issues such as child custody, child support, and visitation are determined. The final decisions are memorialized in the divorce decree, and that document acts as a blueprint for the parties. The decree sets forth the rights and obligations of each party to the case and must be followed as written. That is not to say the terms cannot be changed ...
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• Spousal Support, Child Support & Tax Deductions

  Posted By Moskowitz Law Group, LLC || 26-Mar-2014

  Many don't consider the differences between spousal support and child support. It may seem that the only difference between the two is who is getting the support – the child or the ex-spouse. There's more to it, though, including the fact that legally child support can be enforced not only within a court, but outside the court. In the realm of tax law, this plays a surprisingly huge ...
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• Does Bankruptcy Eliminate Child Support & Alimony?

  Posted By Moskowitz Law Group, LLC || 20-Jan-2014

  What happens to a child or spousal support obligation if it becomes necessary to file for bankruptcy? Some might not like the answer to this, but all that matters is fairness under the law – whether it's bankruptcy law, divorce law, or any kind of niche out there. Many people have a few misconceptions of just what bankruptcy can do for a person. It is, contrary to popular belief, not ...
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