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A verbal agreement isn’t worth the paper it’s not written on
That’s a lesson Rep. Joe Walsh, Republican of Illinois, is now learning the hard way: One of the child support problems we see between unmarried parents is the informal child support agreement. That...
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T.O. wants to pay less
The 2011 NFL season started without the notorious Terrell Owens on a roster, so he’s applying to reduce his child support payments: A representative for Owens spoke to TMZ about the importance of the...
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“Surviving the Holidays After Divorce”
Marybeth Sampsel, a family lawyer in Kalispell, Montana, posted some excellent suggestions for getting through Christmas. A sample: Keep your anger, resentment, annoyance, disgust about your ex, his...
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How to ensure you don’t get custody of your children
Lawyer Jacqueline Harounian makes a list at the Huffington Post. If the children are older it might be too late to make up for not being the primary caregiver, but her instructions should be followed...
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The legend of “Here, My Dear”
It’s one of the most enduring urban legends in music history: that a family court Judge ordered Marvin Gaye to pay his ex-wife all the royalties from his next album, so he deliberately recorded a...
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Dennis Rodman, who made millions playing basketball, starring in bad movies and generally being famous for being famous, owes $808,935 in child support arrears and even has lawyers working pro bono....
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The latest professional athlete unable to make his child support payments is…[drum roll]…Warren Sapp: Former NFL star Warren Sapp owes more than $6.7 million to creditors and back child support and...
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“Preglimony”
An American law professor says would-be fathers should be responsible for paying support to the women they’ve impregnated - before the child is born: A prenatal blood test makes it possible to link a...
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“This is the judgment day for your children. It’s not about you.”
Every child custody/access litigant should read these words, from South Carolina family court judge Paul W. Garfinkel: A custody case is much different than any accident case or a criminal trial. In...
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Nova Scotia’s Maintenance Enforcement Mess
The Dexter government’s inexplicable decision to move the Maintenance Enforcement Program from Halifax to Cape Breton is creating massive headaches for support recipients: More stories of confusion and...
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Crime doesn’t pay. Criminals do.
So your income went down after you were convicted of a criminal offence, and now you can’t pay child support? Too bad: When it comes to paying child support, courts won’t sympathize with parents who...
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Friends don’t let friends donate sperm for friends
A man in Kansas donated his sperm to a lesbian couple so they could have a child. Now, even though none of the parties intended it, he has been ordered to pay child support: Shawnee County District...
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Friends don’t let friends donate sperm for friends
A man in Kansas donated his sperm to a lesbian couple so they could have a child. Now, even though none of the parties intended it, he has been ordered to pay child support: Shawnee County District...
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