Understanding Child Support in Massachusetts As an experienced Lawyer in Massachusetts, I commonly educate my clients on the subject of child support. The current support formulation is broken down into 3 categories You will pay 30% if you spend the least amount of time with your child. The middle of the row payment is if the parent […]
Read MoreMansfield Child Support Lawyer Explains How Long You Will Have to Pay Support As an experienced Mansfield Child Support, I am often asked by clients how long child support will be paid for. Child Support is paid until all children are of an age where they have graduated from high school and are either living on […]
Read MoreMansfield Child Support Lawyer Discusses How to Stop Paying Due to Child Emancipation Question: I was court ordered to pay child support until June 2016 or until emancipations. My son has graduated high school and has a job. Â Do I need a lawyer to stop child support payments. I’ve had to pay $35 a week […]
Read MoreMansfield Divorce Lawyer Discusses Canceling a Child Support Order Question: 17 years ago, I started a child support order for my child, because the mother didn’t want me to see them anymore. I was told at the time by the MA court that they had never seen a noncustodial parent initiate child support.  If a mother starts the […]
Read MoreBristol County Divorce Lawyer Discusses How Long You Must Pay Child Support Massachusetts Family Law Attorneys Have you been paying child support and want to know when it will end?  Bristol County Divorce Lawyer Cynthia Hanley has created a video to answer just that question entitled “Time Length on Paying Child Support”.  Once you watch the […]
Read MoreModifying Child Support in Massachusetts Anytime child support is changed in order to be enforceable, that has to be done by a modification to the previous agreement whether that be a separation agreement, in a separation agreement, we call that separation agreement but that’s the divorce agreement or a previous modification agreement. In order for […]
Read MoreBristol County Child Support Lawyer Discusses if Child Support Covers School Clothing Question: My daughter is in the middle of a bad divorce and she asked her ex to help with school clothing but he says “that’s what child support is for.” Â Is he right? Answer: School clothes are typically purchased by the custodial parent […]
Read MoreTaxability of Child Support in Massachusetts The taxability of child support and alimony is really clear according to the IRS. Child support is not income the recipient spouse and it is not deductible by the payor spouse. The alimony, however, is deductible to the person paying and it’s income to the person receiving it. So […]
Read MoreWill a Bonus be Calculated into Child Support? Bonuses are considered for child support purposes. It’s how the court treats them that varies from case to case. Bonuses gross income, just like any other income a spouse receives under the child support guidelines. In fact there’s a huge list of things that are considered income. […]
Read MoreWhat to Know About a Guardian Ad Litem in Massachusetts A guardian Ad Litem is appointed in cases where there are custody issues. It could be who the child is going to live with primarily, it could be what the parenting plan is going to be or it could be some obscure like who is […]
Read MoreWhen Do I Stop Paying Child Support in Massachusetts? Child support is paid until all of the children are emancipated. Emancipation is a term that means that it depends on the child’s age and whether or not they go to college. So if a child is 18, graduated from high school, has not gone on […]
Read MoreMassachusetts Child Support Calculations Child support is calculated on the child support guidelines. Child support guidelines take into consideration a couple of different factors. The primary factor is the gross income of each party. The gross income is the income that a party gets before taxes are taken out and any other deductions so it’s […]
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