Raising children in Alabama can be costly. Parents need to provide for their children’s needs. This includes ensuring they have a roof over their heads, food and clothing. Those are the basics, but parents also pay for the children’s activities, sports, entertainment,...
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What are child support payments intended to cover?
Knowing what expenses child support is intended to cover is important for parents to be familiar with. What child support is intended to cover can vary by state so it is important for parents to know what expenses are included in child support in their state. What is...
How to find an absent non-custodial parent for child support
In a custody hearing, the judge may decide that the parties’ children will live with one parent but will be financially supported by both parents. For parents going through a divorce, after it has been finalized, it is not uncommon that the two parties will want to...
Modifying child support in Alabama
Circumstances change over time, and if you or your child have gone through any major life changes recently, you may be looking to change your existing Alabama child support order. You may be able to have your order undergo modification even in the absence of a...
Starting a new job and child support obligations
If you are required to pay child support, there are many different issues that you need to take into consideration. For example, if you are facing financial problems, you likely have significant hardships related to your child support obligations. Moreover, if you...
Taking a look at statistics on child support
Reviewing child support statistics is advantageous for multiple reasons. For example, custodial parents need to recognize how widespread child support delinquency is. Moreover, non-custodial parents can see how their obligations compare to other parents who are...
What is the Alabama Central Disbursement Division?
If you pay or receive child support in the state of Alabama, you will notice that all payments go through the Alabama Central Disbursement Division. The ACDD is a centralized site for child support payments in the state. The ACDD process payments that result from the...
What should you do when modifying your child support?
While managing a divorce and figuring out child custody, you may find that you wish to modify the amount you are paying in child support. Huge life events can easily change the amount you owe. Do not delay According to FindLaw, if you have recently been severely...
Talking to your ex about child support
Although family law issues present a lot of challenges for parents, child support payments are especially difficult to deal with for many people. From the perspective of custodial and non-custodial parents, there are many reasons why child support generates stress and...
Rights and responsibilities in Alabama child support cases
Child support is a fundamental part of Alabama family law. The care of children is taken very seriously when a couple parts ways and the parents are obligated to adhere to the rulings given by the state court system or an agreement they cobbled together on their own....
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