Category Archives: Child Support

He's a CEO who makes $4 million a year, and his family's net worth is $13 billion. She's a superstar model who makes $100,000 every time she walks down a runway. They recently agreed to end their child support battle. The child was the product of ...

Divorce is always a complicated matter. When children are involved, it's even more so. Divorced parents have to deal with everything from child support to determining who pays for each year's set of new school clothes. CNBC recently covered the co...

In a very interesting family law story, a California appeals court recently ruled that a Texas sperm donor does not have to pay child support for the children he helped a woman conceive via in vitro fertilization. The case raises interesting question...

Most people know former NBA great Dennis Rodman for his patented brand of hard-nosed basketball, his flamboyant personality and his legal troubles off the basketball court. In fact, it is this latter topic that often earned him the most headlines. No...

A man whose estranged wife conceived twins thanks to in vitro fertilization is still responsible for making child support payments, even though he and the woman agreed beforehand that he would not be held financially responsible for any children conc...

DNA paternity testing is a staple of some daytime television shows. The host reveals the test results in front of the mother, sometimes the child, the man who may or may not be the father, and millions of viewers. Some men hope the test results will ...

Embattled former NFL star wide receiver Terrell Owens is once again at the epicenter of a legal controversy surrounding his failure to pay child support. Melanie Paige-Smith, the mother of Owens' daughter, has once again filed a contempt of court ...

The problem of fathers neglecting to pay child support is a constant struggle for counties here in Texas, and across the United States. Interestingly enough, one Ohio county has devised a rather unique solution to this problem -- particularly as it r...

The federal government has officially unveiled a new weapon in the fight against those parents who refuse to pay child support and have accumulated significant arrears. Here, the weapon of choice is not necessarily more funding to the states or more ...

According to a recent report by the U.S. Census Bureau, a startling number of parents aren't receiving their full child support payments. A story on the web site MainStreet.com highlights the plight that single parents are facing when trying to se...