Many people think they should try to handle a child support hearing on their own. You might think “it’s easy right?” “They just look at both parent’s incomes, and come up with a number, right?”. It isn’t that simple. There are many things taken into account when child support is calculated and you may…
Welcome back and thanks for joining us. We’ve been talking about the consequences of not paying your court-ordered child support, specifically here in Oakland County, Michigan. Candidly, it’s not much different than Macomb, Wayne, Livingston or Lapeer counties. Anyway, in our previous article, we looked at a few basics, like why a court order is…
The very first thing we want to make sure you understand here, before we talk about how much you need to pay, is the issue of court orders. If something has been ordered by the court, that means it’s not optional. It’s not a suggestion, or an idea you can consider for later, or a…
Few things cause more problems for divorcing couples than the issue of money. Whether it’s alimony or child support, and whether you’re the one forking over the cash or the one receiving it, there seems to be no end to the resentment and bitterness when money is fought over. Especially in many Oakland County cases,…
You’ve probably heard the saying, “The higher they rise, they harder they fall.” And when it comes to the financial dealings of celebrities, it can certainly ring true. After all, a person who earns $50,000 a year isn’t going to be ordered by the court to pay $3 million in annual child support payments. But…
