FAMILY
LAW
Family law can become complicated when child custody and support are involved. You do not have to be married and going through a divorce to need the court’s help with paternity issues, child custody and child support. When one parent is not being responsible, you should do what is in the best interests of the children.
When the parents cannot make decisions such as custody and visitation, or one parent doesn’t pay child support, the children suffer – and the courts do not like to see that. NSW Legal, LLC, handles family law cases, including:
- Paternity establishment
- Child custody
- Child support actions
- Modifications
If you believe someone is the father and he doesn’t admit it, you can request a paternity test. And if you are sure you are the father and want to be in your child’s life, but the mother doesn’t let you, you can also request a paternity test.
As for child support, both parents share the obligation, which is based on their incomes. Custody and visitation are separate from support orders and payments. If either parent doesn’t pay support or withholds visitation, a child support and custody lawyer can help restore your rights.
Contact NSW Legal, LLC
When you have child support and paternity issues, you want to make sure your choices are in the best interest of the children. NSW Legal, LLC, can help you with paternity, child support, and child custody and visitation issues. Contact us today for a consultation.
PATERNITY ESTABLISHMENT
Sometimes, it’s difficult to get a child’s father to contribute to raising the child. In other cases, the father may want to be involved in the child’s life, but the mother refuses to allow the father visitation or custody. In most cases, it is in the child’s best interests to have both parents involved from the time of birth until the child becomes emancipated.
NSW Legal, LLC, can help you petition the court for paternity tests, child support, or visitation and custody orders so that both parents can raise the child when it is in the child’s best interests.
CHILD CUSTODY
Whether the mother or father has custody of minor children depends on several factors, including the health of the parents and whether either or both parents are involved in criminal activities. Both parents are entitled to spend time with their children, but sometimes the parents cannot come to an agreement regarding custody and visitation.
NSW Legal, LLC can help with child custody and visitation issues, including scheduling matters, through mediation or filing a petition with the court for visitation or custody.
CHILD SUPPORT
By law, every parent must pay child support. Indiana requires each parent to contribute to the child’s overall welfare. In most cases, the person with primary custody receives child support payments from the other parent. Child support amounts are based on child support guidelines set by the state, the number of overnights each parent has, medical expenses, and daycare / schooling expenses.
MODIFICATIONS
After the court enters an order or a final judgment for dissolution of marriage, you might need to make changes. The only way to make modifications, even if the other parent agrees, is to ask the court to enter an order with those changes. If the other parent agrees, you’ll need a settlement agreement so the court will enter an order.
If the other parent doesn’t agree, you’ll have to ask the court for a hearing on the matter. If the court agrees, it will enter an order with the changes. You can modify child support and custody orders under certain circumstances, including but not limited to:
- An unexpected and unforeseen change in financial circumstances.
- A long-term or permanent illness.
- You learn the other parent developed physical and emotional abuse issues toward the children.
- You learn the other parent developed substance abuse issues.
The court may accept other reasons for modifications. A family law attorney at NSW Legal, LLC, can advise you of your legal rights regarding modifications.
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