Recent Posts in Modifications Category
Posted on Sep 6, 2011 By Ellerin Hutchinson
Although changing a child support order can be difficult and time-consuming, it is possible under the right circumstances. No matter what state you reside in, child support orders are determined based ...
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Posted on Jul 27, 2011 By Ellerin Hutchinson
If you currently receive alimony but are now living with another person it may serve as grounds for modification of alimony . Depending on what state you reside in, the laws regarding alimony often ...
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Posted on Apr 21, 2011 By Ellerin Hutchinson
After a man saw pictures of his ex-wife belly dancing online, he brought her to court to reduce his alimony payments. Brian McGurk was paying his ex-wife, Dorothy McGurk, $850 per month in alimony due ...
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Posted on Feb 17, 2011 By Ellerin Hutchinson
Getting a divorce is difficult especially when there are children involved. To make the process easier on you, your spouse and your children, it is essential to develop a parenting plan . It allows ...
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Posted on Dec 22, 2010 By Ellerin Hutchinson
Making the decision to get a divorce is difficult, as it doesn't just involve the splitting up of two people. It can also include the division of possessions, alimony , and child custody and support ...
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Posted on Jul 27, 2010 By Ellerin Hutchinson
In the state of Florida, when a child support order is issued by the court, the amount of support that is to be paid is based upon 1) the needs of the child and 2) the income of both parents. Often ...
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Posted on Mar 12, 2010 By Ellerin Hutchinson
As the recession continues to fuel the unemployment rate in Florida and throughout the country, more and more parents ordered to pay child support are losing their jobs, making it difficult for them ...
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Posted on Feb 23, 2010 By Ellerin Hutchinson
As the economy forces more companies to lay off employees and more employees are losing their jobs, those people who have been ordered to pay child support are having trouble making their payments. ...
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Posted on Feb 19, 2010 By Ellerin Hutchinson
The courts are supposed to modify a child support arrangement if one parent proves they are no longer able to keep up with the payments due to a significant change in circumstances. That's how it's ...
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Posted on Jan 13, 2010 By Law Office of Scott Ellerin
No situation is ever permanent. Families expand, ex-spouses get remarried, jobs are lost and gained, incomes increase and decrease, and the cost of life fluctuates. Sometimes a change in circumstances ...
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