Last week I wrote about a town in Texas that has already collected 4 million dollars in delinquent child support, well my friends Texas certainly has not stopped there! Going with the notion that everything truly is bigger in Texas, another county, McLennan, has collected a staggering and record breaking 24.8 million dollars in back child support, bringing the state of Texas to a record amount of...are you ready for this...2.3 billion dollars. That is not a typo folks,... more

In the wee hours of the morning, while others were fast asleep in their beds, police in Tarrant County, Texas were getting ready for a hunt. They were on the prowl for the areas worst child support offenders, and while some were able to elude capture and arrest, many were not, and police were able to round up thirty six deadbeat dads and haul them off for failure to pay child support.

This particular precinct has collected roughly four million dollars during this year alone in ... more

Child support is often something that parents deal with before pursuing a stepparent adoption. Many times families use the lack of child support on an existing order of support as proof of the non-custodial parent's abandonment of the child, while other families end up negotiating a stepparent adoption after initiating negotiations for a child support order. Some non-custodial parents would rather sign over their rights instead of paying child support for a child that they have no plan on keeping in contact with or being a parent to.

If you are in the... more

Most of us are painfully aware of the new passport rules which have made it harder to obtain a passport, as well as making the wait to get the passport into one’s hands seemingly go on forever! What many people may not be aware of is how some of the new rules are doing wonders when it comes to collecting back child support from non-custodial parents.

The government denies passports, both new and renewed, to non-custodial parents who are more than $2,500 behind in their child support obligation. The parent... more

The above is a question that many non-custodial parents find themselves asking when they are considering allowing a stepparent adoption for their biological child who resides with the custodial parent. For many non-custodial parents child support is a large factor when deciding to allow a stepparent adoption. Child support can be extremely expensive, and sending off such a huge check every month for a child that the non-custodial parent never sees, for one reason or another, can get the non-custodial parent wondering why he or she is paying so much for a child who never visits,... more

A 44 year old man was in the news recently, for failure to pay his court ordered child support for his three children, who reside with their mother. Richard Delancey pleaded guilty earlier this week to four counts of criminal nonsupport of three children, which is in violation of his 1999 child support order. Delancey was ordered to pay $669 per month to help support his three children, yet has failed to make a single payment since April of 2006.

Criminal nonsupport is a Class IV felony, which is ... more

Non-custodial parents are speaking up about the family court system and how current child support laws are doing more harm than good. Many fathers are complaining that the system is set up in such a manner that these non-custodial fathers are destined to fail. They claim that astronomical child support obligations are forcing them both into debt and out of their children’s lives.

With the amount of interest and late fees that are tacked onto child support obligations that have not been paid on time for whatever reason, small debts are accruing... more

This seems to be a game that almost every divorced couple ends up playing at some point or another. Many decide very quickly that this is not a game that they would wish to be actively involved in, and soon come to their senses and knock the behavior off. Sadly others become wrapped up in this tug of war of who can hurt who the most cycle.

With the children involved in the situation being the pieces of this game, they are used as pawns, as trophies, and as dollar signs, no matter what the reason was for the start of the vicious cycle... more

If you live in the state of Wyoming, and are thinking of either modifying an existing child support order, or thinking of beginning a brand new child support case, then click on this link to go to a child support calculator for those who live in the state of Wyoming. Online child support calculators require only a small amount of financial information to be plugged in, before they almost instantaneously... more

Child support is a factor, which is often considered by families who are tossing around the idea of a stepparent adoption. If the non-custodial parent is behind on child support, or has never been court ordered to pay child support custodial parents often consider taking them to court to enforce child support payments, or establish them before moving towards a stepparent adoption. Yet some families are often left wondering if going to court for child support is really going to be... more