St. Louis Divorce & Family Law Blog by Stange Law Firm, PC

On behalf of Stange Law Firm, PC posted in Child Support on Saturday, October 19, 2019. Understanding how to modify child support or child custody if needed is important to understand. The family law process provides resources to do both that parents in need of a child support modification or child custody modification should be familiar with. Families and circumstances change following a divorce which is why the family law legal process is available to serve as a resource to help child support orders and child custody arrangements adjust to the changes in the circumstances of the families. In general,

On behalf of Stange Law Firm, PC posted in Child Support on Thursday, October 3, 2019. There’s no doubt that raising a child is expensive. Daycare, food and clothing costs alone can be enough to leave a family on unsteady financial footing. It can be even harder to make ends meet when a custodial parent is left to raise a child on his or her own. In these situations, the cost of raising a child can be even more overwhelming. Fortunately, these custodial parents have the right to seek child support from their child’s other parent, which can actually be

On behalf of Stange Law Firm, PC posted in Child Support on Thursday, October 3, 2019. What child support is intended to cover is important for parents both paying and receiving child support to understand. In addition, parents should understand what it is not intended to cover and ensure they have all their child support questions answered. Although child support is intended to pay for essentials, such as food, clothing and shelter, it is also intended to pay for a broader range of expenses and needs of the child. In addition to basic necessities, child support payments are intended to

On behalf of Stange Law Firm, PC posted in Child Support on Friday, September 20, 2019. There are a variety of resources available to families to help ensure child support obligations are enforced. Child support enforcement tools at the disposal of authorities can include: income withholding or wage garnishment; federal or tax refund interception; liens on property; suspension of professional licenses or a driver’s license; denial of a passport; and even jail time, in some circumstances. When there is a valid child support order in place, it is important for the paying parent to make required payments or they may

On behalf of Stange Law Firm, PC posted in Child Support on Thursday, August 29, 2019. Raising a child is an enormous financial endeavor. Food costs alone can skyrocket as children age, not to mention other massive expenses like childcare and education. Far too often custodial parents try to bear the full brunt of this financial responsibility, but in many cases, it just isn’t feasible. Financially providing for a child is a shared duty to be carried by both parents, which is why custodial parents need to do everything they can to secure the child support they need to adequately

On behalf of Stange Law Firm, PC posted in Child Support on Thursday, August 15, 2019. Raising a child is an expensive endeavor and one that a parent shouldn’t face alone. Unfortunately, though, far too often noncustodial parents try to dodge their financial obligation to their child, especially when that child is born out of wedlock. In these instances, men oftentimes deny that they are the father of a woman’s child. When they are successful in doing so, they avoid child custody and child support issues. Yet, women in the Midwest should not give up simply because a man claims