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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 ...
In the decades leading up to the 1970s child custody battles were rare, and in most cases the mother of minor children would receive custody. [5] Since the 1970s, as custody laws have been made gender-neutral, contested custody cases have increased as have cases in which the children are placed in the primary custody of the father.
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 ...
Often, but not always, the obligor is a non-custodial parent. Often, but not always, the obligee is a custodial parent, caregiver or guardian, or the government. In the U.S., there is no gender requirement to child support, for example, a father may pay a mother or a mother may pay a father.
Two facts 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 years of age and older.
A court that has made a child-custody determination consistent with UCCJEA has exclusive, continuing jurisdiction over the determination until either (1) that court determines that neither the child, the child's parents, nor any person acting as a parent has a significant connection with the State that made the original order and that ...
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.