Can Child Support Arrears Be Reduced? The California Department of Child Support Services’ Compromise of Arrears Program (COAP) aims to increase support collected for families and the state general fund, and to reduce arrears owed to the state. COAP allows the...
PATERNITY CASES- LEGAL RIGHTS Paternity or parentage cases determine who the legal parents of a child are. Getting a court order that states who the child’s legal parents are establishes parentage. WHEN AND WHY DOES PARENTAGE NEED TO BE ESTABLISHED? If the parents of...
Emotions run high when going through a divorce or separation, and hasty actions in a stress situation can result in a child custody plan that is not in the best interest of yourself or your child. Therefore, in the interest of achieving a child custody plan that is...
Property Division Dividing assets during the property division in a divorce requires that all assets you have must be listed with its current market value as well as what you still owe on it. For example, your car may have cost $10,000 new, but is only worth 5,000...
The most difficult decision for two people who have a child together is how much time and when the child will spend living with each of the parents. Responsibilities will most likely be shared and divided. Frequent and continued contact with both parents is the...
What happens in the event of Child Support Non-payment? Child support payments are an important issue in a divorce proceeding. Parents who have been ordered to pay scheduled payments for child support can suffer severe penalties if they fail to make a payment on time....
