What court procedures are used to make a support determination?
As noted above, the right to support is not dependent on the marital status of the parties. Thus, support may be awarded during or after a marriage, in a divorce proceeding, or in a separate support proceeding whether or not the parties have ever been married. The proceeding is usually relatively simple, because the issues are generally limited to the application of guidelines percentages to the payor’s income. A typical support-only hearing may be concluded in a few minutes. At the conclusion of the hearing, the court orders the payor to pay support on a regular basis. In most states, the court will order that the amount be deducted from the payor’s wages by his employer and transmitted automatically to the recipient. 6. I have an order for support, but he/she still won’t pay! Getting a child support order isn’t the final step in the process. In many cases, it barely seems to be even the first step in the struggle to collect the child support your child is entitled to receive. There a
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