States have child support guidelines that provide for a requisite degree of support that depends upon the income of the parent who must pay child support and the number of children. Under the Maryland child support guidelines, if a noncustodial parent (who has been ordered to pay child support) makes $5,000 a month and has one child, he or she must pay $670 a month in child support.
- Can a court require a parent to pay child support?
- Can grandparents have visitation rights?
- What if one parent refuses another parent’s visitation rights?
- Can courts modify custody arrangements?
- Can a court require parents to attend counseling sessions before awarding custody?
- What is supervised visitation?
- In those states that examine the relocation of a parent under a best interests of the child analysis, what are the factors that courts consider?
- Can a parent with custody move out of state with a child without permission of the other parent?
- Can a parent have child custody if he or she has committed a crime?
- Arizona Law on Best Interests of the Child ยง 25-403
- How do courts determine custody for a child?
- What different types of child custody are there?
- What is child custody?
- What happens if your former spouse to whom you are paying alimony remarries?
- What are the factors a court considers in deciding whether and how much to award in alimony?
- What are the different types of alimony?
- What is alimony
- How does a court determine how to apportion marital property?
- Can separate property be converted to marital property during the course of a marriage?
- How can a spouse ensure that property remains separate?
