All child support calculations are computed based on state child support guidelines. Unfortunately for parents who would like to estimate the future child support payments of a noncustodial parent, the common denominator sort of ends there. While the guidelines for one state may be substantially the same as some other states, the general truth is ...
In order to claim an exemption for a child on your federal income tax return, the child does not necessarily have to be your own child. You may be able to claim an exemption for a child as a qualifying child or a qualifying relative. One of the tests that must be met for a ...
Custody battles are damaging to everyone and can drain a parent’s bank account as well as clog up the court system. Too often, parents find themselves fighting to the verge of bankruptcy over issues that are ultimately rather unimportant, and minor variations in custody are often at the top of the fighting list. Joint custody ...
Depending on your income, the child tax credit can reduce your federal income taxes by up to $1,000 for each qualifying child. Normally, in order to claim the child tax credit the child must have lived with you in your home for more than half the year. But there are certain cases in which you ...
There may be situations in which more than one person qualifies to claim a child as a qualifying child for tax purposes. That is, the child meets the relationship, age, residency, support, and joint return tests to be the qualifying child of more than one person. Some examples of when this could occur are when ...
Kansas has state guidelines that are used by judges to determine how much child support to order in support cases. While the judges are required to use these guidelines, there is no simple formula that applies to every case. Judges must look at the facts and circumstances of each case and arrive at a child ...
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