Divorce is an emotionally draining process and things get worse when both the parties need to make decisions for their child. The court grants custody to one parent and the other parent has to pay a fixed monthly amount for education, food, medical and other responsibilities of the child. Many parents do not pay attention to certain important points related to child support that could land them in trouble as a result of stress of attending hearings and fighting for child custody. Whether the court has given you the custody of the child or you are supposed to pay the monthly obligation, the blog discusses four facts related to child support fraud that you need to know: 1.Monthly obligation can decrease The parent paying for child support can request for amount modification in the scenario of extreme financial problem. The parent, however, needs to provide evidence of long-term unemployment, severe disability or other proof for dramatic change in the income to decrease the child support amount. There are, however, a few conditions such as one or a couple of bad months at work, wherein you won’t get modification approval from the court. 2. Monthly obligation can increase If the monthly income of a parent paying for child support dramatically increases, there is a possibility that ex-spouse might file a petition to increase the amount. The party filing the petition, however, needs to show that monthly gross salary has significantly increased from the time when the order was issued, and the change is permanent. 3. Increase in parenting time might impact obligation Many jurisdictions calculate child support amount on the basis of the percentage of time a co-parent spends with the child. If the custody visitation amount of the parent increases as result of the rise in the number of times the co-parent provides housing, clothing, food and other necessary things to the child, this might reduce the obligation amount. 4. Monthly obligation payment failure could hurt badly Different states might have different laws to ensure that the child support payer meets obligation. If the co-parent fails to make payment regularly, this could result in criminal penalty, suspension of driving license, wage garnishment, passport cancellation, deductions from tax refunds, and suspension of fishing license. Last Few Words Child support payment isn’t forever and might last through college. The support is usually cut off when the child reaches age 18. You need to understand that there could be severe consequences of failing to pay the child support amount and might get you jail term. Seeking advice of reputable family attorney in a bad scenario or when filing divorce is helpful for most of the separating parents.
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