Frequently Asked Questions About Child Support
Many non-custodial dads have questions about child support. Here are the answers to many of those questions to help you better understand child support issues.
How long does child support last?
What fathers need to know about the duration of child support orders.
What fathers need to know about the duration of child support orders.
How can I change child support payments that are no longer fair?
How to go about changing child support amounts.
How to go about changing child support amounts.
What can I do if my children's mother is refusing to pay court-ordered support?
What can happen when an ex-spouse refuses to pay child support.
What can happen when an ex-spouse refuses to pay child support.
What happens if I don't make my child support payments as ordered?
There are big consequences for missing child support payments.
There are big consequences for missing child support payments.
Does my ability to earn enter into the calculations?
The courts can take into account a father's ability to earn in calculating child support, not just his earnings.
The courts can take into account a father's ability to earn in calculating child support, not just his earnings.
How is the amount of child support determined?
How the courts determine the appropriate amount of child support payments is based on several factors.
How the courts determine the appropriate amount of child support payments is based on several factors.
Is a stepfather legally required to financially support the children of the wo
A stepfather's responsibility for child support
A stepfather's responsibility for child support
If you were never married to the child's mother, do you still have to pay chil
How child support works for fathers never married to the child's mother
How child support works for fathers never married to the child's mother
How does a custody decision in a divorce affect child support?
Information about how divorce affects child support
Information about how divorce affects child support
If my ex-spouse doesn't let me have visitation, can I withhold child support?
When a father doesn't get his court ordered visitation, he generally cannot withhold child support payments.
When a father doesn't get his court ordered visitation, he generally cannot withhold child support payments.