Today, more and more Texas grandparents are stepping in to assume parental roles with their grandchildren. However, this approach to child-rearing comes with numerous questions and concerns for the older generation. Many of these questions are financial ones.You may...
Making child support payments can be a challenge for parents across Texas, even for the people who appreciate the fact that the money is a critical resource for their children. Most parents don't exactly enjoy handing money over to an ex, particularly if that...
There are many different types of child care that parents sometimes use. One of these types is having a babysitter watch the kids for awhile.Recently, Care.com surveyed individuals on the topic of babysitting costs and other babysitting-related issues. According to...
In a divorce of parents, when one of the parents is granted primary custody of the kids, the other parent is generally ordered to make child support payments. One situation a Texas custodial parent, sadly, sometimes ends up facing is the noncustodial parent failing to...
One thing that often ends up playing a major controlling role in child support matters here in Texas are Texas' statutory child support guidelines. These are a list of guidelines for the calculation of child support. Courts in the state generally follow these...
There are many things that a custodial parent may be alarmed to hear have happened to their ex. One is that their ex has gone into bankruptcy. One thing a custodial parent may be worried about upon hearing such a thing is how their ex is holding up through the...
In most cases, going into a state of being unemployed or underemployed is not something a person does on purpose. For example, in the past few years, many people here in Texas and the rest of the nation were unwillingly pushed into unemployment or underemployment by...
Child support cases here in Texas can end up focusing on a wide range of different things. This is because many different factors can potentially have an impact on what child support arrangement is ultimately reached in a case. There are many different factors Texas...
When a Texas court issues a child support order, there are many different things that the order typically specifies. Some of the main ones include who will be required to pay child support and what the amount of the child support obligation will be.Another is the...
Child support proceedings in a divorce can sometimes stir up significant emotions within the divorcing parties. Thus, it can be easy in such proceedings for the divorcing parties to get side-tracked and perhaps lose sight of the things that matter most in such...
