Establishment of Child Support Attorneys in Mesa Defending Families Involved in Divorce and Separation

All parents know how expensive it can be to raise a child. Supporting a child emotionally, mentally, and physically almost always requires a continuous financial contribution from both parents. However, after a divorce or separation, unfortunately, many parents are left without the financial help they need to care for their child correctly. As a parent, you deserve to know what rights you have for taking care of your child. Arizona Family Law Attorneys provide compassionate legal representation for divorced, separated, or otherwise unmarried parents. We provide child support solutions to ensure your child is properly supported financially and emotionally as well.

All divorced and separated parents with children should have a legally binding child custody agreement in place. Different factors in different states determine child support payments. Our Mesa, Arizona, child support lawyers are well-versed in local and state regulations and will use our network of resources to help decide your payments.

Our lawyers establish child support, which includes establishing paternity. If you are an unmarried individual, you must legally document the father of your child to receive child support. Many parents don’t realize the necessity of this step. This is one of many areas that our lawyer’s practice, and we have the experience to help.

Have You Thought of Every Detail?

You may need more than just child support and don’t know yet. Our lawyers will help inform you. Once paternity is established, creating a parenting plan is vital for any set of co-parents. Many parents don’t fail to realize this is an option and, as a consequence, suffer without it. A parenting plan is a custody agreement that provides a framework explaining how a child will best be provided for.

What About a Parenting Plan?

The parenting plan provides a schedule for when your child will be with each parent. This includes a schedule for their everyday living situation, in addition to holidays and vacation time. A child custody lawyer will consider the physical, emotional, and social needs of your child at every step and help you describe your schedule in clear legal terms. This mitigates the risk of either parent not adhering to the parenting plan.

Your plan should contain medical and health care information that explains how the parents will pay for medical and dental costs and how the parents will provide medical insurance for the children.

Your plan must also include detailed information about how both parents will provide medical care for the child. This includes choosing a health care provider and determining who is responsible for making health appointments. A detailed parenting plan will also decide which parent stays home with a sick child. The more in-depth your plan is, the smoother the transition to sharing custody becomes. This is the advantage of working with our Mesa child custody attorneys.

With paternity established and a detailed parenting plan in place, you and your co-parent are off to a good start. Next, a lawyer will help determine the proper allocation of child support, whether you seek child support or if you are required to pay it.

How Can a Lawyer Help If I’m Not Getting Enough Child Support?

Our child support attorneys take into account all considerations that may affect the amount of child support you’re eligible to receive. These factors include:

• Gross incomes and disparity in income
• Adjustments for the ratio of parenting time
• Child-care costs and education expenses
• Adjustments for older children or extraordinary children
• Travel expenses relating to parent relocation
• Tax credits and dependent child deductions
• State assistance (past or present)
• Self-support reserve (ability to pay)

If you feel that you aren’t receiving enough money in child support, it may be necessary to reexamine your existing child support agreement to determine if the payments you’re receiving is legally fair. If you have experienced any of the following circumstances, you may be entitled to amend your child support:

• A fluctuation in your available finances
• Loss of wages or unemployment
• Changes in the terms regarding your parenting time

Why Does Having an Attorney on Your Side Matter?

Child support can be modified and can be difficult to navigate as you must provide your case before a judge. You will need to provide documentation of the change—our lawyers can help. Whether you are seeking child support or if you are required to pay child support, we’ll use our knowledge of Mesa, Arizona, law and courtroom tenacity to advocate on your behalf.

Trust Arizona Family Law Attorneys to defend your best interest, every time. If you have any questions regarding child custody, the parenting plan, or establishing paternity, contact our Mesa office today for a case evaluation.