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Bankruptcy Filings Are Sure To Rise Have you seen the price of gas lately? Have you gone to your local grocery store and checked out the prices for basic food items? Have you been out to eat in the past six months? If you are paying any attention at all, you will have noticed a significant increase.The primary indicator that most folks notice is that of gas prices. The price of gas has nearly doubled in the last five years with...... Similar Editorial : by Charles Kelly. | Source : Tn Bankruptcy Court
Custody Disputes Produce Few Winners Undergoing a custody battle should be an act of last resort. The end result usually produces two losers and no winners. It should only be attempted if children are being subject to physical or psychological danger. If your child is being exposed to physical or sexual harm, take immediate action at any price. Additionally, if the children are being exposed to individuals and behaviors that make...... Similar Editorial : by Michael D. Stewart. | Source : Alimony Taxes
Recent Family Law Decision RevestmentThe court had authority to modify the distribution of proceeds under the doctrine of revestment; under this doctrine, litigants may revest a court which has general jurisdiction over the matter, with both personal and subject matter jurisdiction, over the particular cause after the 30 day period following final judgment during which post-judgment motions must ordinarily be filed. In...... Similar Editorial : by Wayne and Tamara. | Source : American Copyright
Family Law Case Update Where no benefit accrued to the custodial parent by the noncustodial parent's action of reducing the received child support, and it could not be concluded that the payor's actions were the result of apparent or implied authority or that there was a principal and agent relationship between the parties, consequently, the legal concept of ratification was misapplied.This section guarantees the...... Similar Editorial : by David Natenzon. | Source : American Copyright
Family Law Case Updater Change in CircumstancesThe uncontroverted evidence was such that the child support order should have been reduced or modified to reflect respondent's financial resources which at best could have been described as limited. In order to justify a decrease in child support payments, the moving party is required to show a significant material change in the circumstances and conditions of the divorced...... Similar Editorial : by Jennifer Koretsky. | Source : American Copyright
San Diego Family Law Decisions Discretion of CourtModification of child support payments rests within the sound discretion of the trial court.Dissolution JudgmentWhere respondent husband did not object to the terms of the dissolution judgment imposing support obligations solely on him, and where he never appealed the dissolution judgment, the trial court properly ordered that the non-custodial wife was not required to pay child...... Similar Editorial : by Andrea Corney. | Source : Buy Copyright
Philadelphia Family Law Topics Factors ConsideredWhen setting an amount for modification of child support, the court may consider the same factors used when formulating an original support order; these factors include the standard of living the child would have enjoyed if the marriage had not been dissolved, and the financial resources of the noncustodial parent. The factors to be considered for modification or termination as...... Similar Editorial : by David H. Urmann. | Source : Buy Copyright
San Jose Family Law Increase DeniedTrial court properly denied petitioner's request for increased child support. Modification of support is required where there is a substantial imbalance between the supporting parent's capabilities and the child's needs. Where there was sufficient evidence to justify the finding that, since the entry of the original divorce decree, the needs of the defendant's children had increased...... Similar Editorial : by Johnette Duff. | Source : Buy Copyright
New York Family Law Snippets The trial court is justified in increasing child support if the needs of the child and the earnings of the supporting parent have increased since the judgment granting child support was entered. Where a former spouse's ability to pay child support is shown, the fact that the children have grown older and the cost of living has risen are proper bases for establishing increased need. The increase in...... Similar Editorial : by Gary E. Rosenberg. | Source : Buy Copyright
Enforcement Of Rights & Attorneys Fees A party who has been forced to resort to the judicial process to secure compliance with the terms of an order or judgment is entitled to her reasonable attorney fees even absent a showing of inability to pay.The trial court has no discretion as to whether to award reasonable attorney fees and costs incurred in enforcement of its orders, for if the failure to pay was without cause of justification,...... Similar Editorial : by Rose DesRochers. | Source : Criminal Law Attorney
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San Diego Family Law A parents estate is liable for that parents support obligation to the extent just and appropriate in the circumstances, and the court may determine at the time of the dissolution of the marriage th...... Similar Editorial : San Diego Divorce Lawyer by Amelie Gam. | Source : Estates Wills and Trusts
