Child Support

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...