Our Glendale child support lawyers can help with the complications surrounding child support payments and custody agreements. We offer fixed fee rates and payment plans so cost is never an issue.
Child support payments need to include basic living costs for the child. Things included in this are food, clothing, housing utilities, transportation, personal care and health insurance. Along with the regular child support payments, there could also be variable costs associated with child support. These include child care, tuition for school, special needs of the child or other activities that have a considerable cost associated with them. Variable costs are in addition to support payments, they are not included. There are 2 ways Child Support payments are distributed:
Direct Deposit: sends payments directly to the checking or savings account that you provide.
EPPIC MasterCard: acts like an ATM card or Bankcard, which will be sent to you if there is no DIrect Deposit account set up.
In Glendale, typically the parent that the child does not live with pays the support, and the parent the child is actively living with receives the support. The support guidelines are outlined to explain what each parent owes.
In Glendale, child support is calculated based on the Wisconsin Income Guidelines. These guidelines are:
Take a look at our easy-to-use child support calculator, or the Child Support Conversion Table to help estimate your monthly child support obligation.
Special Support Guidelines for Glendale follow the Wisconsin guidelines and are in place for parents who:
Sources of income in Milwaukee County follow the state of Wisconsin guidelines. These income sources may include the following:
The term modification is used in Wisconsin to define having a child support order legally changed. The only way for an order to be modified is by a court review. After the court’s decision, monthly payments can either increase or decrease, along with the option to add or adjust the order to provide medical support. To obtain the modification forms, please visit the Wisconsin Court Systems Forms site.
You will need to request a modification to your order from the court. This review is the only way that a child support order can be modified. This decision can increase or decrease your monthly payments, along with the option to add or modify the order to include medical support. To get the order modification forms, please visit the Wisconsin Court Systems Forms.
A review of an order to see if it needs to be updated will be completed if:
An order WOULD NOT have a review done if:
Following closely to Wisconsin guidelines, Glendale child support payments can be adjusted if:
The child support agency in Milwaukee County ensures all cases are monitored individually and are following court orders. If the payer is one or more months behind, the agency is required to take action by federal guidelines. First, the court will have income withholding initiated on the paying parent. All late payments will then start to acquire interest in addition to income withholding. Income withholding will continue to increase as the payments continue to be past due.
Legal actions will be taken on the paying parent once the past due support reaches a certain level. Actions included in this are intercepting tax refunds or imposing liens on properties. Actions under federal enforcement include the denial of loans, grants or passports. Credit bureaus will be notified of all overdue support. Take a look at the Wisconsin Legislatures Child Support Administrative Enforcement to learn more about legal actions that can be taken when child support is overdue.
You and the other parent will need to sign a stipulation agreement. This agreement is a legal document that will lessen or terminate any past-due support that is owed. The court needs to approve this document before it goes into effect. This will not forgive any payments that are owed to the state. Once in effect, this cannot be reversed.
The age that most child support cases end in Wisconsin is when the child turns 18. If they are still attending high school or finishing their GED at this age, the child support order will continue until they turn 19 years old. If the child isn’t pursuing their high school education or equivalent, the payments for child support will end. All arrears (past due support payments) are enforceable for up to 20 years after the child turns 18. An emancipation letter will be sent to both parents 90 days before the 18th birthday of the child. This order will end once the youngest child turns 18 unless it can be proved that they are pursuing their high school education or equivalent.
When the child is mentally or physically disabled and is unable to support themselves on their own, the age of majority will be extended. In general, the court defines the term “disability” as being unable to earn a high enough living to support or take care of oneself. Each state differs on if adult disabled child support is part of the support guidelines, or if it is based on the needs of the child in comparison to the parent’s ability to provide.
Creating college support orders is offered to parents in many states. This is done by either court order or by both parents voluntarily. This can be in addition to the current child support order, or in a separate college support order after the current order is done. Every state offers parents the option of adding college funds into their child’s support order.
If both parents are able to agree on changing the support, one of our experienced family law lawyers can assist in preparing the agreement to submit to the court. Our lawyers can also help with mediation if an agreement between parents is difficult to reach.
Requesting a modification from the court can bring on different outcomes than the ones that were expected. Contact one of our attorneys near Glendale to be sure you have all the facts in your case before requesting a modification.
The Milwaukee County child support agency is involved in many cases. To ensure all cases are processed fairly, some time can be taken for each case to process. To try and speed up your case, you can file a motion for the court. Contact us if you have any questions regarding this process.
Income withholding will continue at the same rate until all past due payments are paid in full. Past due payments in support cases can be enforced for up to 20 years after the youngest child turns 18 years old.
If you usually have child support withheld from your civilian paycheck then the same will be done for your military pay. Make sure to update your status with the Glendale child support agency.
The court has the only authority and responsibility to enforce custody, visitation and placement decisions. Contact one of our divorce attorneys to get your free case consultation to see what can be done with your case.
Child support agencies do not have the authority to arrest the other parent. They will need to send a warrant to court for a signature. If signed and filed will be sent to the Sheriff’s office who can then arrest the parent.
The Milwaukee County child support agency does not have the authority to do anything after a court ruling. One of our family law lawyers can help you appeal this decision at another court date, or you can talk to your caseworker about any other options available.
Milwaukee County does not charge a fee for Child Support Services. There may, however, be a fee for any specialized child support services that are not part of the support guidelines.
The following need to be completed in order to start or change your child support: File the paperwork necessary with the Glendale County court clerk File a copy with the Glendale child support agency Make sure the other parent is served with the new or updated papers.
Ways of avoiding further enforcement actions are: Pay all past due payments in full, then keep up with current payments If you make a job change, ensure that your support is paid on time. If there is any possibility of your paycheck deduction from your employer being delayed, send your payment and payment coupon to the Glendale child support agency. Start a payment plan with the Glendale agency for any and all past due payments.
Even after the loss of a job, the child support order will continue. The court has the only authority to change an order. If there is a substantial change in income due to this job loss, a request for a change in the amount of support you are paying can be sent in. This will not happen automatically, so be sure to contact one of our divorce attorneys or the Glendale child support agency to see how to make a change to your support.
When a parent refuses to pay child support, income withholding will continue at the same rate until all the past-due payments are fully paid. These cases can be enforced up to 20 years AFTER the youngest child turns 18.
Please contact one of our Glendale divorce attorneys to learn more about how to start receiving, modifying, enforcing, or terminating child support payments.
