While each state may have a specific formula for setting the amount of support a parent has to pay in child support, people still have the right to seek modifications or ask to be exempt from paying at all for a variety of reasons. In the recent case of NBA player...
Pennsylvania parent goes to extremes due to child support warrant
There are times when child support payments become a difficult financial strain on a parent for a number of reasons. Luckily, for parents having trouble keeping up with payments, there are legal avenues designed to help. However, one Pennsylvania parent seems to have...
It is never too late to resolve child support issues
There may be parents who feel that once they have missed being paid a few child support payments that they may never see the amount they are owed. However, the headline story of the Powerball lottery winner who was behind in child support payments and promptly took...
Social media gets man in trouble for back child support payments
There are countless stories and scenarios of people getting themselves into legal trouble because of social media postings or pictures. For one man in particular, it was a picture he posted that landed him in legal trouble pertaining to back child support payments....
Judge takes creative approach in child support case
When it comes to family court, judges may have a certain amount of leeway when it comes to finding various ways to settle legal issues. One judge found an unusual and creative way to deal with a child support case, and it is gaining media attention. Pennsylvania...
Judge’s leeway helps to ease man’s child support burden
When a man signs a birth certificate and claims a child as his own, he is legally vowing to take care of that child until he or she reaches adulthood. However, if it later becomes known that man is not the father, it can seemingly be unfair to make him pay child...
Man tops federal list due to missed child support payments
When a court ruling has determined a set amount a parent has to pay for child support, that amount can really compound if payments are missed for any reason. If that amount compounds past a certain point, it just may land that parent on a federal list. Pennsylvania...
Pennsylvania child support: Man claims children aren’t his
A strange child support case is making headlines in another state. Pennsylvania and most other state laws require parents to support their children monetarily in the event of a divorce or separation. However, one father is claiming his wife's artificial insemination...
Pennsylvania child support: Man owes close to $1 million
Child support can be a source of contention between separated or divorced Pennsylvania families. However, what if the spouse or ex-partner flees the country in order to avoid the court-ordered payments? One woman has been living a nightmare for almost two decades....
Pennsylvania child support: Man in trouble over Facebook photos
A man in trouble over child support may be regretting his public Facebook profile. Several photos from his Facebook account are now being used against him in a felony child support case. Such an incident may make Pennsylvania parents think twice about posting...