Child Support : Your Legal Guide to Collecting, Enforcing, or Terminating the Court's Order.

Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: The Basics -- Support cannot be Waived -- Factors Considered -- Tax Consequences -- Eligibility for Child Support -- Methods for Filing for Child Support -- Role of Child Support Agencies -- Domestic Abuse -- Chapter 2: Establishing Parentage -- Presumption of Parentage -- Acknowledgment of Parentage -- Court Order or Finding of Parentage -- DNA Testing -- Welfare Laws and Paternity -- Chapter 3: Calculating Child Support -- Defining Income -- Combined Income Model -- Percentage of Income Model -- Adjustments -- Pre-Existing Child Support Order -- Shared/Joint Custody -- Split Custody -- Visitation -- Chapter 4: Agreeing to Child Support -- Factors to Consider -- Your State's Guidelines -- Determining Your Basic Guideline Amount -- Determining Your Child Support Amount -- Writing the Child Support Agreement -- Chapter 5: Filing for Child Support -- Time Limit for FIling -- Filing Your Case -- Notice -- Request to Establish Paternity -- Temporary Order of Support -- Request to Deviate from the Guidelines -- Security for Payment -- Responding to a Petition for Child Support -- Chapter 6: Enforcement Tools -- Most Wanted Deadbeats -- Out-of-State Parents -- Parent Locator Systems -- Insurance Settlements -- Financial Institution Data Match -- Denial or Loss of License -- Loss of Tax Refund -- Consumer Credit Bureau Reporting -- Liens and Seizure of Property -- Passports -- Contempt -- Criminal Prosecution -- Chapter 7: Enforcing Your Order -- Consider Your Options -- Arrearages -- Order for Withholding -- Length of Time to Collect -- Child Collecting Arrears -- Failure to Pay and Visitation -- Chapter 8: Modification -- Substantial Change in Circumstances -- Procedures -- Past-Due Support -- Remarriage -- Change of Job -- Change of Custody.

Age of Majority of One Child -- Chapter 9: Termination -- Adoption -- Emancipation -- Marriage of the Child -- Service in the Military -- Death of Paying Parent -- Chapter 10: Appeal -- Chapter 11: Finding the Law -- Law Libraries -- State Codes or Statutes -- Case Reporters -- Internet Research -- Legal Encyclopedia -- Digests -- Form and Practice Manuals -- Chapter 12: The Role of Lawyers -- Confidentiality -- Finding a Lawyer -- Initial Contact -- First Interview -- Fee Arrangements -- Working with the Lawyer -- Epilogue -- Glossary -- Appendix A: Regional Offices of the Federal Office of Child Support Enforcement -- Appendix B: State-by-State Parentage and Child Support Laws -- Index -- About the Author -- Ad Pages -- Back Cover.

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