Kansas City Divorce & Family Law Blog by Stange Law Firm, PC

On behalf of Stange Law Firm, PC posted in Child Support on Thursday, March 2, 2017. Child support exists to provide financial assistance to parents raising a child or children on their own. With child support, it should be easier for single parents to provide clothing, food and shelter for children. As a result, when a couple splits up and one person is no longer living with their children, this parent is normally obligated to pay child support. However, in many cases, child support is not always forthcoming or not on a timely basis. According to data from the U.S.

On behalf of Stange Law Firm, PC posted in Child Support on Friday, February 17, 2017. Divorced Illinois parents who are finding it difficult to collect court-ordered support may be interested in news coming out of Louisiana regarding an ongoing case in that state. The former NFL player Robert Meachem began serving a jail sentence there for non-payment of child support and alimony on Feb. 13. Although he was sentenced to 30 days behind bars by a Jefferson Parish court, payment of a portion of the nearly $400,000 that is reportedly in arrears could result in an earlier release for

On behalf of Stange Law Firm, PC posted in Child Support on Monday, February 6, 2017. Illinois parents who are incarcerated will be able to file for a modification of child support in Illinois under a rule that Barack Obama signed and which went into effect on Jan. 19. So far, the Trump administration has not indicated that it plans to roll the law back although this may change when more positions within the administration are filled. Because some states considered people who were incarcerated to be voluntarily unemployed, incarcerated parents were not able to get their child support reduced