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Child
Support
Lakeland Child Support Attorney
- Lawyer, providing professional
Child Support and
Family Law legal services in Lakeland, Winter Haven, Bartow, and Polk County Florida.
 Child
support is a payment made to the parent, or other court ordered individual, in
which a child (or children) primarily resides. This payment is provided by the
parent which does not have primary custody. Child support, by law, is meant to
be used exclusively for the well being of the child. This includes clothing,
food, shelter, and other essential financial needs of the child.
A common misconception regarding child support is that in the event of a divorce
or separation of unmarried parents, a parent may seek custody of the children in
an effort to profit from the other parent, or to hurt the other parent
financially.
The truth is that in the State of Florida,
child support laws have set forth guidelines which the court must follow in
determining the amount of child support to be paid. These guidelines include,
but are not limited to:
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The amount of overnights stays of the child with each parent;
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The financial needs of the child such as day care expenses, medical / dental
insurance, and uninsured medical payments; and
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The current income of both parents.
As a law firm providing professional
child support attorney & lawyer legal
services, assisting
Lakeland, Winter Haven, Bartow, and Polk County Florida
residents with
child support
legal issues, we utilize our experience to protect
the legal rights of each of our clients in an effort to achieve
your
child support
and family law goals.
If you have questions, concerns, or legal needs regarding
child
support or other family law
issues, we urge you to seek the legal advice of an experienced
Lakeland
child support attorney & lawyer. Contact
the
Law Office of
Robert B. Peddy,
P.A.,
at
(863) 646-1421 to schedule a confidential legal
consultation.
In the event that financial circumstances of either parent
significantly changes, it may may warrant a request for a
hearing to seek a post-judgment child support modification
to the standing court order. The modification request may be to
either increase or decrease the amount of child support to be
paid.
Post judgment child support modification requests are not
typically well received by the other parent, and are often
highly contested.
In certain
circumstances the court may sometimes, although not often,
consider expenses which are deemed extraordinary in determining
the amount of child support to be paid, such as the cost of
dancing lessons, sports lessons and activities, or other
discretional extracurricular activities. It is important to note
that these types of child support factors are rarely granted,
and if the child (or children) do not partake of the activities
which are being paid for in the form of additional child support
payments, the additional child support awarded to cover these
expenses may be taken away by the court.
Child support
payments
typically
terminate when a child turns 18 years of age, unless the child
is still a full-time student. If the child is a full-time
student, the child support may continue until the child turns 21
years old. Child support payments may also be terminated if a
child
has been declared emancipated by a court, or if a child has been
legally adopted by someone else.
In child support and family law cases, let your voice be heard.
Contact
the
Law Office of
Robert B. Peddy, P.A.,
by calling
(863) 646-1421.
The
Law Office of
Robert B. Peddy, P.A.,
aggressively defends the legal rights of those
involved in
child support or other
family law issues or disputes in
Lakeland, Winter Haven, Bartow, and the entire Polk
County Florida area.
 If
you require professional legal services regarding
child support or
other Family Law issues, be proactive in
protecting your legal
rights by seeking the legal advice of
an experienced
Lakeland Child Support
Attorney
& Lawyer. Contact
the
Law Office of
Robert B. Peddy, P.A.,
by calling
(863) 646-1421.
Lakeland Child Support Attorney
- Lawyer, providing professional
Child Support and
Family Law legal services in Lakeland, Winter Haven, Bartow, and Polk County Florida.
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