As most everyone realizes, some child custody cases can quickly become heated between the two feuding parents. More often than one might like to admit, one of the parents might engage in some less than honorable behavior. One millionaire father in Florida recently did just that and is now finding himself in hot water. The …

TOPEKA, Kan. —         The state of Kansas is trying to force a man who donated sperm to a lesbian couple to pay child support, arguing that the agreement he and the women signed releasing him from all parental duties was invalid because they didn’t go through a doctor. Under Kansas law, a doctor’s involvement …

A statewide project in Ohio will try to increase the time a child spends with both parents, even if they are divorced or separated. Fairfield County Job and Family Services is leading the four-year $400,000 initiative and Ohio University’s College of Health Sciences and Professions will participate. According to The Athens Messenger, the goal is …

Can Social Security benefits be garnished, levied or otherwise withheld by the Federal government? There are a number of circumstances when the Federal government can garnish Social Security benefits. Social Security will garnish benefits: To enforce child support or alimony obligations under 42 USC 659. To enforce a valid garnishment for court-ordered victim restitution under …

Paternity Establishment And Why It’s Important:     If two parents are not married when their child is born, the child does not have a “legal father”. Paternity establishment is the legal determination of fatherhood.   Paternity establishment is important for many reasons. Paternity must be established before child support or medical support can be …

CLEVELAND, Ohio — More than 16,000 people in Cuyahoga County are eligible to have their driver’s licenses reinstated until Sept. 30 through the Child Support Enforcement Agency’s amnesty program. Parents whose licenses are suspended for owing child support must pay one month of their child support obligation and at least $50 toward past-due support to get …

  A main objective of the Child Support Enforcement program is to make sure that child support payments are made regularly and in the correct amount. While many non-custodial parents are involved in their children’s lives and are willing to pay child support, lapses of payment do occur. When they do, a family’s budget can …

NE Ohio Child Custody and Support Lawyer Painesville – Chardon – Ashtabula At the Painesville family law firm of Patrice Denman Co. LPA, we take care of our clients’ families, and are never more diligent than when representing parents in proceedings involving child support or child custody. As attorneys with extensive experience in family courts …