Washington Wage Garnishment: Washington Child Support Garnishment After custody proceedings have ended, Washington wage garnishment law dictates that the court or a state agency issue the noncustodial parent an order for child support collection. This support order is usually served on the noncustodial parent’s employer, and its enforcement is binding on both the parent and the employer to garnish the wages. Child support collection does not terminate for the noncustodial parent when they move out of the state that issued the order. All states follow the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, which mandates that support orders be followed regardless of the state that issued them. → Read More
Washington Child Support Child support in Washington State is defined as “money which an absent parent is ordered to pay on a regular basis to help support the… → Read More
Michigan Child Support Garnishment Limits, Exemptions and Protections Even though a parent may owe child support, not all of his or her earnings are subject to wage garnishment, and certain limits will apply under Michigan garnishment law. Michigan laws allow for the support of children while maintaining the core means by which the supporting parent is able to support him or herself as well. There are two major ways in which limits are set on child support collections: by setting limits on the percentage taken from a parent’s earnings and by setting limits on how’earnings’ are defined. If a parent is subject to multiple garnishment orders, further limits are set by allocating which order is satisfied first and giving certain types of orders priority over others. → Read More
Massachusetts Child Support Child support in Massachusetts is available to a parent or guardian of a minor child when one or both parents lives separately from the child. → Read More
Alabama Child Support Find out how to apply for child support in Alabama, how child support is calculated, and about enforcement and modification of child support orders in Alabama. → Read More
Virginia Child Custody & Virginia Child Support Virginia family courts are no different from their counterparts in other states in that they strongly advocate for the best interests of children involved in divorce. → Read More
West Virginia Child Custody & West Virginia Child Support West Virginia courts, like family courts in all states, prefer that divorcing parents work together on the details of raising their children because, in the long run, a cooperative agreement is typically in the best interests of the children. → Read More
Child Custody and Visitation: How to Show “Best Interests of the Child” In an initial child custody order, a request for a change from temporary to permanent custody, or in a petition for a modification of child visitation, the parent requesting custody or the change must show that their request is in the ‘best interests of the child. → Read More
How to Change Your Child Visitation Schedule Use the information in this article to learn the steps you need to take if you have a child visitation or custody agreement that you want to change. → Read More
How to Stop the Custodial Parent from Moving Away With Your Child One of the best ways to prevent a move away with the child by the custodial parent is for the non-custodial parent to assert that the move away would constitute a ‘material change in circumstances’ which would warrant a change in the current custody order. → Read More
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