Losing a job can be a stressful experience, especially when financial commitments like child support are involved. Many wonder if their change in financial circumstances might allow them to modify their existing child support order. Understanding the legal, financial, and personal factors can help individuals take the right steps during such challenging times. What Is…

Child support is a critical component in ensuring the well-being of children following the separation or divorce of their parents. It represents a financial commitment from the non-custodial parent to assist in covering the costs associated with raising a child. The determination of this payment can be influenced by various factors and is essential in…

Child support orders are not written in a vacuum. After the ink is dry and the order is filed, life happens. Either the paying or receiving parent could experience a major event that either changes their ability to pay or the amount they need for the child. If you encounter such an event, it will…

Every parent has a duty to provide financial support to their legal children. This includes biological children and adopted children. This is a legal duty that remains in place regardless of whether the parents of a child separate or get divorced. When parents do separate or divorce, however, the court will often use a legally…

Parents, regardless of being married, divorced, or never married at all, remain obligated to provide for their child. Child support orders are a means to help ensure that every child has his or her basic needs provided for. Arizona state law dictates the method by which child support is calculated. Courts are directed to utilize…

Divorce marks the legal end of a marriage. It does not mark the end of any support obligations a parent has to a child. Contrary to how many may act, divorce does not end a parent’s financial responsibility to provide for a child. In fact, child support payments are often critical to foster and preserve…