In New York, noncustodial parents responsible for child support payments or child support arrears may have child support payments deducted from their Unemployment Insurance Benefit, this is referred to as an intercept. As so many New Yorkers have had to file for unemployment in the early months of this year, it may come as…

With job losses mounting, the immediate fear is providing basic necessities for home.  If you are paying child support, however, the worry is both paying for your own needs and paying support to your former partner and children.  While you may choose to cut back your spending, you can’t simply reduce child support payments. If…

A lot of parents are not receiving the child support payments they deserve. In some cases, this is because the parent is completely unaware that he or she is entitled to receive child support. In other cases, the parent simply doesn’t know how to apply for it. When evaluating whether you could qualify for child…

Divorce can be painful and messy. In many cases, the most hotly contested issues are child custody, visitation for the non-custodial parent, and child support levels and payments. It can be all too easy to make hasty decisions from an emotional place during a divorce, but what may feel cathartic in the moment may impact…

When marriages dissolve, everyone in the family is impacted. From the former spouses, who are grieving the loss of their primary relationship while also rebuilding their lives on their own, to the children who must get used to spending alternating weekends with their parents, everyone has to change and adjust. Sometimes during the divorce process,…