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Typically the obligor is a non-custodial parent. [citation needed] Typically the obligee is a custodial parent, caregiver or guardian, or a government agency, and does not have to spend the money on the child. In the U.S., there is no gender requirement for child support; for example, a father may pay a mother or a mother may pay a father.
In some cases, a parent with sole custody of their children may even be ordered to pay child support to the non-custodial parent to support the children while they are in the care of that parent. Child support paid by a non-custodial parent or obligor does not absolve the obligor of the responsibility for costs associated with their child ...
Child custody, conservatorship and guardianship describe the legal and practical relationship between a parent and the parent's child, such as the right of the parent to make decisions for the child, and the parent's duty to care for the child. Custody issues typically arise in proceedings involving divorce, as well as in paternity, annulment ...
The new rule allows Michigan to create a separate approval pathway for kinship caregivers that Elyse Welser, a foster care program manager with Bethany Christian Services, said is much less of a ...
Two facts of life have become impossible to ignore: The U.S. population is aging and the cost to take care of our seniors is surging. By 2030, all 73 million baby boomers will be 65 and older.
According to one study 38% of Illinois "obligor" parents not paying child-support said they lacked the money to pay; 23% used non-payment to protest a lack of visitation rights; and 69% complained of no accountability over the spending of their child support money, while 13% said they did not want their child or children and 12% denied ...
In a shared parenting arrangement, where the child lives an equal or approximately equal amount of time with the mother and father, both are custodial parents and neither is a non-custodial parent. A "child-custody determination" is a judgment, decree, or other order of a court providing for the legal custody, physical custody, or visitation ...
In joint physical custody both parents are custodial parents and neither parent is a non-custodial parent. [2] [6] Joint custody is distinct from sole custody. In sole physical custody, the child's lives primarily in the home of one parent while the children may have visitation with the other parent. In sole legal custody, one parent is ...