| Child Support |
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| Every child, including an adopted child, has a right to be supported by their parents. Every parent, either custodial or non-custodial, has an obligation to financially support his or her child.More... |
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| Special Visitation Problems |
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| In a few states, statutes allow the court to consider in the initial custody decision which parent is likely to allow frequent and continuing contact with the other parent. Where the interference has been persistent or has involved hiding the child, the court may even transfer custody from one parent to the other. As a general rule, however, the court will not settle a dispute over visitation by transferring custody because modification may end up disrupting the child's stable home environment. More... |
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| Tax Problems of Property Transfers by Unmarried Cohabitants |
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| The courts of many states no longer automatically reject a claim by one cohabitant to property accumulated during cohabitation but owned by the other cohabitant. Courts may also consider a claim by one cohabitant of entitlement to support payments from the other. Generally, such claims must be based on express or implied contract or on quasi-contract. The tax consequences of these transfers are obscure because there is no clearly relevant authority.More... |
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| Full Faith and Credit for Child Support Orders Act |
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| The federal Full Faith and Credit for Child Support Orders Act (FFCCSOA), which became effective October 1994, requires that a state enforce, according to its terms, a child support order of another state made consistently with the act's jurisdictional due process standards. The Act allows the enforcing court to use all of its power to collect the child support that is due. More... |
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| Overview of Malpractice Actions Against Child Welfare Agencies or Caseworkers |
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| There are major problems with respect to the way in which child welfare agencies and caseworkers operate in the child welfare system. The agency or caseworker may neglect the child, not provide adequate avenues for the child, or may even in extreme cases lose the child in the welfare system. There has been a large increase of malpractice actions filed by children and their parents against both agencies and caseworkers.
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