Indiana courts consider several factors when computing child support. These factors include the child’s needs, each parent’s financial income and capacity and the family’s standard of living. But what if one of the parents remarries? Does that affect the court’s...
When parents divorce, one of the most important issues they settle is how to reasonably share the obligation of funding their child’s growth and development. From this, the court issues a child support order. However, there sometimes are changes in circumstances that...
Just as in other states across America, Indiana has specific rules when it comes to child support. The guidelines that have been created for the state determine the levels of child support and educational support that the Judicial Administration Committee of the...
Many people in Indiana are currently paying or receiving child support payments each month. Child support is often ordered during divorces when the couple has minor children, but may also be ordered for parents who were never married. These obligations can be...
New Indiana parents have a great deal of responsibilities. One of these responsibilities includes legally establishing paternity for a child. There are several benefits to having paternity formally established. It is a requirement before applying for child support and...
There are several ways that child support obligations may be enforced in Indiana. Parents have the responsibility to pay for the needs of their children and must follow any court orders instructing them to pay child support. Both paying and recipient parents should be...
In an Indiana divorce where there are children involved, it is important that the child’s needs are met. Of course, that includes the basics like a safe place to live, proper nutrition, education and health care. Regarding health care, there are legal requirements...
Providing for children’s needs in Indiana can be very costly for their parents. They have the basic needs of food, clothing and shelter which can add up quickly, but they have many other needs as well. This could include paying for medical insurance and unreimbursed...
It can happily very quickly. After years of making your child support payments on time and in full, circumstances can arise that put you in financial trouble and risk keeping up with current payments. Child support payments should be taken extremely seriously, and you...
You lost your job, and your financial situation greatly changes. You prove unable to pay your designated child support, and you hope to modify the support amount through Indiana court. Filing to modify your child support payments involves following specific steps to...