Any liability or debt that is incurred during the marriage is presumed to be a marital debt and as such, it is a joint debt. It is irrelevant if one spouse is listed on the debt and the other is not. If the debt was incurred for marital expenses, like vacations, food, clothing etc, then that debt is marital. A…
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Month: July 2014
What is an Income Withholding Order?
An Income Withholding order is a uniform order that instructs the employer of a paying parent to withhold child support or alimony from that employee’s paycheck. The employer sends the funds to the Child Support Disbursement Unit where it is then disbursed to the receiving parent. If a parent is terminated from an employer who is following an Income Withholding…
Where can I file a modification of a custody action?
The initial answer would be the state that initially had jurisdiction to enter the original order continues to have the best claim for jurisdiction for a modification of the order; however, if both parties have moved from that state, the court’s would look to the home state of the children at that time. A home state is defined as the…