Unless your agreement included specific provisions, your former spouse should expect to be responsible for costs like car insurance and any payments for your child’s car. In some cases, the car is used to facilitate transportation to school and educational activities like athletic or band events. In that case, you might reasonably expect that your […]
Daily Archives: November 6, 2014
No, judges in Rochester won’t typically force you take on tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars in college costs for your child who has been accepted into a private university. If your custody and child support agreement were negotiated many years ago, they may not have included college considerations, and situations like this can […]
Educational expenses are typically taken into account as part of the child support order. A non-custodial parent will be asked to assume a percentage of the costs related to school trips, athletic equipment and uniform fees, and other elements of your child’s education. Keep in mind that while these costs may be frustrating in the […]
Probably not. Judges aren’t likely to take seriously a petition arguing that minor income from a child’s summer or weekend job reflects a change in circumstance that warrants a new calculation of child support, and as an added factor, it’s positive to support a child’s development of work skills and experience. That said, there may […]
When custody is disputed by the parents, then it’s likely that the judge will want to hear input from children. This probably won’t involve giving testimony in court – it’s far more likely that the judge will appoint a guardian ad litem to represent the child. The guardian ad litem will meet with your child […]