When it comes to children, the Connecticut legal system generally does its best to make sure that children are protected. One way that it does this is through its insistence on parents taking responsibility for their children by paying child support. The courts...
Child Support
Connecticut families can struggle when child support not received
Being a parent can be one of life's most fulfilling challenges. It can also be one of life's most difficult challenges when the resources are not there to properly take care of a child. For many single parents across Connecticut, it is a daily struggle to provide...
Jeremy Renner’s child support problems of interest in Connecticut
There is no question about it -- children are expensive. In addition to basic needs such as food, clothes and housing, they often require money for school supplies, extra-curricular activities and dental bills. At times, it can be difficult for a Connecticut couple to...
Prisoners and their families face child support challenges
Of the 2.2. million people in the United States currently in prison, roughly half are parents. Connecticut residents may be surprised to hear that one in five of those individuals are responsible for child support payments. This can become a very difficult...
What is required to seek a child support modification?
Divorced parents in Connecticut may have experienced that changing circumstances may lead to financial difficulties and situations in which the current child support is no longer sufficient. This may be due to an income reduction or the rising costs of providing for a...
Child support enforcement services available in Connecticut
Figuring out the financial aspects of divorce can be a significant source of tension, especially if children are involved. Child support is not only an obligation, but a necessity, to ensure children have their most basic needs provided for. Unfortunately, some...
Child support payments paid by women an increasing phenomenon
As the gender divide slowly closes over time and women are more and more regularly seen in positions of affluence and power, it makes sense that certain long-held precepts about divorce would change with the times. Here in Connecticut and elsewhere throughout the...
Child support debt does not have to mean jail time
For many Connecticut parents, meeting their monthly child support obligation has become increasingly difficult in recent years. A sluggish economy and slowly recovering job market have left many parents struggling to make ends meet. While the vast majority of...
DNA tests could play into calculating child support
Connecticut fathers who are paying child support may have heard of a new service offered in New York. The owner of a brick-and-mortar DNA and drug testing clinic has taken to the streets in an effort to drum up new business. For some fathers, this service could be...