Child support is a critical aspect of ensuring the well-being of children after a divorce. In Connecticut, the law mandates that both parents contribute to their child's financial needs. But what happens if your former spouse refuses to pay child support? Potential...
Child Support
Can I get child support modification after a job loss?
Experiencing a job loss can be a challenging time, especially if you have child support responsibilities. In Connecticut, you can modify child support payments if your financial situation changes significantly. Here are some things you need to know to handle child...
Can my coparent and I agree on the child support amount?
With contentious divorces and separation, courts usually intervene and address issues between separating couples to ensure fairness. However, when parties are amicable and open to settle, they can agree on certain terms of their separation, such as property division....
When can child support deviate from the guidelines?
Divorce destabilizes a family’s finances. From maintaining one household, it becomes two separate households. However, both parties still share the parental responsibility of providing for their minor child’s growing needs. In Connecticut, a specific set of child...
2 child support mistakes you need to avoid at all times
Every parent has a duty to provide and care for their child until they are able to legally work and fend for themselves. And most parents take this responsibility quite seriously regardless of the nature of the relationship with the co-parent. If you are divorced or...
Failure to pay child support could lead to serious consequences
When the marriage is over and parents negotiate child custody and a parenting plan, they must also determine how the child will be provided for. After all, both parents have an obligation to support their children. Connecticut child support guidelines outline how...
2 reasons parents can ask for more child support after divorce
When married parents divorce or unmarried parents separate, they typically share custody of their children in Connecticut. One of them, possibly the one with less parenting time or higher income, may have to pay child support to the other. This money helps ensure the...
Will child support cover college in Connecticut?
What you pay or receive in child support will have a major impact on your budget. If you need to help support your children, the courts expect you to meet your child support obligations before almost any other financial responsibilities. If you are the one who...
The 3 methods Connecticut uses to enforce child support orders
As a parent with more custody of the children, you have more expenses than your ex does related to the kids. It is perfectly reasonable for the courts to order the parents with less custody time to pay child support to the other parent. When the Connecticut family...
Do Christmas gifts count as child support?
It’s not easy to subsist on a single salary these days -- and that is especially true when you have child support payments to make. When the Christmas holidays come around, many parents feel the financial pinch. You cannot, however, decide that your Christmas gifts to...
