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Child Support Information
Child support is normally determined by state guidelines. It can also be negotiated and agreed upon by the parties to the divorce. On this page you will find articles and resources pertaining to child support, state laws that govern the distribution of child support and other useful information and advice.
Extorting Child Support From "Innocent" Divorced Fathers
Deadbeat parents make excuses for not paying child support. Read my response to a comment left by an angry father about child support payments.
Child Support Enforcement When There is a Failure to Pay
The federal government and your state have laws and local offices that will help you in your attempt to collect back child support.
How To Modify A Child Support Order
If there is a material change of circumstance…you lose your job, your ex-spouse has an increase in salary, your existing child support order can be modified.
Can A Tax Refund Be Used To Pay Child Support Arrears?
According to Federal law, if a parent is behind in paying child support your state’s child support enforcement office can seize the parent’s income tax refund and apply it to any child support arrears.
How is Child Support Calculated?
How child support is calculated
Child Support Calculators by State
Links to child support calculators by state.
Collecting Child Support
Approximately 30 million children in the USA are owed more than $41 billion (that's billion with a "b") in unpaid child support, according to estimates by the Association for the Enforcement of Child Support (ACES).
U.S. Child Support Enforcement
Child support, how much you pay and how it is enforced differs from state to state.
How Will Child Support Affect Your Taxes?
If you pay or receive child support, the Internal Revenue Service has a set of rules to control the deductions and exemptions that you are allowed because of the payment of receipt of the child support. The terms of your divorce settlement will determine how child support will affect your taxes.
Should Child Support Cover College Expenses?
Child support laws and the issue of college expenses.
Should A Divorced Parent Help With College Expenses?
The judge ruled that I have to help pay part of my daughter’s college education. What gives a judge the right to tell me I have to spend even more money?
Federal Child Support Enforcement
The Federal Child Support Enforcement Program is essentially a partnership between the Federal Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) and local, state-run child support offices. On the federal level, the OSCE collects information from various agencies that can be used in locating parents.