Child Support & 2nd Spouse Income
An issue frequently raised when an obligor (non-residential) parent decides to remarry is what affect this will have on the child support obligation. Will the income of the new spouse be under consideration when making a child support modification? What financial burden does the second spouse carry in the event the parent is unable to meet their support obligation due to unemployment, or some other circumstance?

Child Support-Retroactive
In 1997, a Naval Commander, stationed in San Diego (CA), went to the bank to cash a check (not too many ATMs in those days). His bank informs him that they cannot honor his check as the account had been frozen due to him not paying his child support. This was a surprise to him as he was married with four boys at home. There was not a child support order against him. However, to his surprise, an order had been filed; with a demand for $85,000, owed to a woman he had not seen since his college ...

Child Support Fraud
Not The Father, Yet Paying Child Support
As paternity testing technology has advanced, it has created a situation in that divorced and single fathers, who are ordered to pay child support, are learning later that they are not the father of the child. If a man considers trying to question paternity at the time of the birth of their child, by a wife or girlfriend, he gets accused of being a deadbeat trying to avoid responsibility for a child. However, in 30% of the cases when paternity is tested, the results are negative.