Child support

Child Support Financial and other support for children provided by the parents who are legally responsible for them.

Child Support definition:
Periodic money payments payable by a non-custodial parent, to the custodial parent, for the care of his or her child.
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Child Support
Money paid in case of divorce to a parent who takes the custody of the child by another parent as a contribution to the costs of raising the child.

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Child Support: A legal responsibility that both parents have to provide adequate financial support for the children until each reaches the age of emancipation (In NC, this is at the age of 18).

CHILD SUPPORT GUIDELINES: Each state has child support guidelines which must be followed in awarding child support. The guidelines are typically a formula.

child support guidelines Guidelines established by statute or rule in each jurisdiction that set forth the manner in which child support must be calculated, generally based on the income of the parents and the needs of the ...

Child Support Court-ordered regular payments made by a non-custodial parent to the custodial parent to help cover the child's expenses.

Child Support: Money paid by a parent to help meet the financial needs of a child.

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n. court-ordered funds to be paid by one parent to the custodial parent of a minor child after divorce (dissolution) or separation.

CHILD SUPPORT: Money paid by a parent to supply food, housing and essentials.
CHOSE OF ACTION: A personal right, not reduced into possession, but recoverable by a suit at law.

Child Support Guidelines:
A formula to determine the child support amount based upon gross income of both parents. This formula uses a child support worksheet that must be submitted to the court.
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Child Support Formula - Factors used by the Friend of the Court and the Prosecuting Attorney when recommending an appropriate amount of child support.

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Child support is money paid from one parent to the other for the support of their children. Child support is set by each state. For New York, child support is a percentage of the non custodial parent's income.

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Division of Child Support
Division of the Department of Social and Health Services that helps one parent or custodian collect child support from the other parent. Formerly known as the Office of Support Enforcement.

Child Support The amount a parent pays, usually to the other parent, for the financial support of a child under a court order or agreement.

Qualified Medical Child Support Order (QMSCO)
A court order that provides health benefit coverage for the child of the noncustodial parent under that parent's group health plan.
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Overdue alimony or child support payments.
In recent years, state laws have made it difficult to impossible to get rid of arrearages; they can't be discharged in bankruptcy, and courts usually will not retroactively cancel them.

New technology of DNA testing can establish paternity thus obliging the father to provide child support. TOP Payee : The person to whom payment is addressed or given.

For example, in matters of child support, a decision of a foreign court could be "deemed" to be a decision of the court of another for the purpose of enforcement.

For example, a doctor who elects to quit his post at the hospital and become a bartender after being divorced so he cannot afford to pay more money in child support to his ex-wife may have the earnings of a doctor imputed to him, ...

Alimony is distinct from child support, which is the duty of both mother and father to contribute, based on ability to pay, to the support of minor children.

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Fiduciary
Normally, the term is synonymous to a trustee, which is the classic form of a fiduciary relationship. A fiduciary has rights and powers which would normally belong to another person.

Darwin later moved to California to live with Sharon; Sharon sued Ezra for child support in California.

a service operated by the Federal Office of Child Support Enforcement to help the States locate parents in order to obtain child support payments; also used in cases of parental kidnapping related to custody and visitation determinations; ...

Writ of Execution: A court order authorizing the seizure of an asset of a non-custodial parent who owes past due child support.

Garnishment of Wages: Taking or seizing the amount owing pursuant to a child support order or other order, directly from the employee's wages; a proceeding whereby a debtor's money, or other property, ...

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Visitation Credit: The percentage applied to a child support calculation. It reflects the amount of time a child resides with the non-custodial parent.
Visitation Schedule: A list of dates stating times each parent may see each child.

PENDENTE LITE: temporary arrangements for custody, child support, child visitation, alimony, us and possession of the family home, etc., until a final hearing.
PETITION: a legal paper that starts a case.

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For instance a divorce, when a person is suppose to pay child support. IDO means the employer is directed to take money out of a pay check.
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This is frequently used in the enforcement of child support where delinquent debtors will be subjected to salary garnishment.

This court handles domestic relations cases such as divorce, dissolution, custody and child support. The Superior Court serves as the appellate court for appeals from district court cases and administrative agency decisions.

Qualified Domestic Relations Order - A order from the court in a divorce proceeding requiring the use of retirement benefits to provide spousal or child support.
Quash - To vacate or void a summons, subpoenas, etc.

UNIFORM RECIPROCAL ENFORCEMENT OF SUPPORT ACT: Law that allows an order of child support issued in one state to be enforced in another state.

PATERNITY
Being a father. "Paternity suits" are launched when a man denies paternity of a child born out of wedlock. New technology of DNA testing can establish paternity thus obliging the father to provide child support.

"Joint physical custody" is defined in the North Carolina Child Support Guidelines as a residential schedule for the children providing that each parent has the children residing with him and her for more than 122 nights (one-third) per year.

Contempt is civil when the purpose of punishment is to coerce the defendant to perform an act previously ordered by the court, which the defendant has not done, such as paying child support. Compare with Criminal Contempt.

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