Social Security benefits can affect child support in two ways. First, if either the parent paying child support (the "obligor") or the parent receiving child support (the "obligee") receives Social Security benefits, the Arizona Child Support Guidelines require that the Social Security benefits be included in determining either parents income. Thus, the Social Security benefits help to determine the initial child support obligation.Second, the Social Security benefits can affect the amount of child support that must be paid out of pocket by the parent paying child support. Section 26 of the Arizona Child Support Guidelines addresses this issue and Click here to read more from this article
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When divorce attorney Howard Iken, The Divorce Center of
Tampa Bay speaks with new clients, the first thing they talk
about is "going to court." The reality is they will probably
never see the inside of a courtroom. The reason -- the
overwhelming majority settle at mediation.
Conjure up an image of divorce. The average person visualizes
people sitting in a courtroom, giving testimony, with a judge at
a bench presiding over everything. The reality of most divorces
is dramatically different. Forget high profile, exciting
confrontations in courtrooms built 50 years ago. The vast
majority of divorces in Florida are relatively boring exchanges
of paperwork and telephone calls. The extensive paperwork Click here to read more from this article
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