When married parents in Virginia divorce, the custodial parent may face a number of financial challenges.Moving from a dual-income household to a single-income household can be difficult, especially if a parent has a child. Naturally, both the parents and the court...
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Child Support
Is it too late to formalize a child support agreement?
Many times, couples expecting a child never get legally married. If they split up, they have a lot more leeway to handle matters such as property division and child support compared with married couples. With the right co-parents and the right situation, having this...
Statistics on child support show delinquencies aren’t uncommon
Child support can be a contentious issue between Virginia parents who are no longer romantically involved with one another. Some may be under the impression that child support guidelines are too high, unnecessarily penalizing the paying parent. However, the statistics...
What counts as income when it comes to child support?
In Virginia, how much child support each parent is responsible for depends heavily, but not exclusively, on their gross incomes.While how much person a Leesburg resident makes is sometimes pretty easy to figure out, such as when all of their money comes from one job,...
When can a Virginia court deviate from child support guidelines?
Like other states in the nation, Virginia has statutory guidelines for calculating child support. However, every person's family and economic situation is different. Therefore, it is possible to rebut the presumption that the guidelines will be followed.Per Virginia...
Parents may need legal help for their child support issues
While it may take a village to raise a child, in the end, it is the child's parents who are responsible for financially supporting the child. And, as Leesburg parents know, it takes a significant amount of money to meet a child's needs. A baby may need diapers and...
Child support includes meeting child care obligations
Some couples in Virginia decided, while married, that one of them would stay out of the workforce in order to care for the family. Other couples decide that having both parties working is the best choice for them. In either case, after a divorce, a child's custodial...
Child support for special needs children in Virginia
Figuring out child support in a divorce is a complex enough matter under any circumstances. It requires you to show financial evidence and the court to use a formula to decide on the payment amount. As you experience life changes, you can seek a modification of the...
Child support enforcement in Virginia
For many divorcing parents, getting a child support order is only the first part of the battle. At some point, the parent who is supposed to pay the child support may stop paying. If this happens to you, you do not have to just accept that. There are several avenues...
What happens if I stop making child support payments in Virginia?
There are many reasons why you may be asking the question posed in this headline. Maybe you have hit a financial obstacle that makes it exceedingly difficult to keep up with child support; maybe your ex has told you that missing a payment will mean that you don't get...
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