As a recent article on USAToday.com points out, more and more divorces in the modern age involve electronic bad acts. As couples store and transmit increasing amounts of information electronically, through email, social media and text messaging, spouses are increasingly spying on each other’s communications, sometimes even illegally. Because of…
Many people going through a divorce have questions come tax time as the financial changes their family has gone through become clear. When and how a person can claim a child following a divorce can depend on a number of factors. The first step before you claim a child as…
The North Carolina Court of Appeals entered a ruling in the case of Crenshaw vs. Williams which came out of Mecklenburg County Family Court. This case involved a motion to modify child custody and a motion to modify child support. This case involved the registration of a foreign child custody…
In the case of Moore v. Onafowora, the trial Court granted Mother sole child custody and determined an appropriate amount of child support to be paid to Mother by Father. Father appealed the child support award and the sole child custody determination. With respect to child support, Father contended that…
In the case of Davis vs. Davis, Husband appealed an order which addressed the family financial matters (child support and post separation support). He challenged the trial Court’s ruling by contending that the Court had made inconsistent findings of fact about his income and that the findings of fact did…
The North Carolina Court of Appeals considered State v. Bryant. This case was on appeal to address the issue of Father’s child support arrears. The case involved the registration of a foreign judgment for divorce which also contained provisions for child custody and child support. The foreign judgment was orginally…
Child care costs for employment or job search are included in the calculation. Child care costs for other purposes (such as for education) may formulate a basis for deviating from the child support guidelines. Also, the child support guidelines have been updated to include the income levels at which the…
In determining the amount of child support for other children, which amount will be deducted from the gross income for that obligor, only the amount being paid for ongoing child support will be deducted. Portions of payments which are being paid for arrears will not be deducted from that obligors…
There are several specific things which are now explicity excluded from “income“, they are: 1) Child support payments received on behalf of a child who is not a party to the instant action; 2) The employer’s share of social security and medicare payments; 3) Health, life or disability insurance premium…
The official federal poverty level from 2009 is now the standard: $902.50 net per month or $999.00 gross per month. Now when using Worksheet A, other extraordinary expenses (in addition to payment for child care and health insurance coverage for the children) may be an adequate basis for deviating from…