Child support orders are legal documents that are designed to ensure that children receive the financial support they need from both parents after a divorce. Child support requires one parent to pay a specified amount of money to the other parent to support their child. Can a child support order...
Garbage In = Garbage Out for Child Support
When child custody is a factor in your divorce, providing accurate financial information to your legal counsel is of critical importance to determining child support payments. The phrase “garbage in = garbage out” refers to circumstances in which the use of inaccurate data (garbage in) in a...
What Counts as “Income” for Child Support Purposes?
Child support is used to ensure that children are taken care of and that both parents are financially supporting the children. Ideally, children should be able to maintain a certain living standard even after their parents are divorced and child support allows their basic needs to be met, no...
THE BASICS OF A COLLABORATIVE DIVORCE AND MEDIATION
On behalf of Law Office of Bradley R. Tengler, P.C. posted in Collaborative Divorce on Saturday, March 15, 2014. Getting a divorce is never an easy decision. There are options when it comes to filing for a divorce, and working out the process of splitting property, child support...
ILLINOIS PARENTS FACE MANY CHILD SUPPORT CHALLENGES
On behalf of Law Office of Bradley R. Tengler, P.C. posted in Child Support on Friday, September 12, 2014. There are many parents in Illinois who have children with a person from whom they are divorced or were never married to in the first place. In these situations child support becomes an issue....
CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT CAN BE ENFORCED
On behalf of Law Office of Bradley R. Tengler, P.C. posted in Child Support on Thursday, August 8, 2019. When it comes to co-parenting from separate households, any parent will tell you that it isn't always easy. However, it can be possible for you and your child's parent to get into a...