Can Child Support Switch from One State to Another?
The Articles of Confederation, our nation’s first “constitution,” were badly flawed. Each state could have set up tolls and tariffs at its borders, so a sack ...
How Does Child Support Work if the Parents Live in Different States?
You think you live in Virginia and the other parent of your kids thinks she or he lives in South Carolina. You’re wrong: you both live ...
Can DCSE Take My Stimulus?
Death and taxes, according to Christopher Bullock in 1716, are the only two things of which we can be sure. With the 21st century, we might ...
What Happens When You Go to Jail for Child Support in Virginia?
When, not if. When is a far more compelling word than if. If is conditional; it may or may not happen. When is not conditional: it ...
Is a Child’s SSI Considered in Child Support Calculations?
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) is a safety net provided by federal tax dollars to prevent low-income elderly or disabled individuals, including blind or disabled children, from ...
Can You Stop Child Support if Both Parents Agree?
Child support payments in Virginia are neither reward nor punishment. They are intended to keep children happily living the lives they came to expect before Mom ...
How Much Do You Have to Owe in Child Support to Go to Jail?
How many zeros in a bajillion dollars? Sometime in the early 1990s, trolls and wags forged the word bajillion to join all the other words for ...
5-ish Surefire Ways to Sabotage Your Family Law Case
Dr. Phil is not a medical doctor or licensed psychologist. He has a doctoral degree in clinical psychology. Having said that, and acknowledging he is not any ...
I’m Paying Child Support for Children Who Aren’t Mine
This article is not about money. We know, child support means money, but the root of this issue is paternity, not money. If you are paying ...