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Can a parent with child support spend the money they receive?
Unfortunately, for the foreseeable future, that is not the case in Florida, as it is in most states, so a parent receiving child support is free to spend that money in any way that parent sees fit. Attorney Russell J. Frank is a partner at CPLS, P.A. and focuses his practice areas on family and marital law.
Can a court monitor how a parent uses child support?
The courts generally infer that parents with physical custody will provide for the necessary expenses to raise the child and will not monitor whether the parent actually uses these funds appropriately. Courts may find the task too daunting to continuously oversee how child support payments are applied.
What happens to child support if the mother is on welfare?
If the mother is receiving welfare benefits, the state may recuperate part of these payments. While child support can be paid in different ways such as cash payments to the custodial parent, payments to a trust account or monthly contributions to certain expenses, it is important to document this amount of support.
How do states determine how much child support a person must pay?
To determine how much child support a person – usually a father – must pay, states have enacted child support guidelines.
Can My Ex spend my child support on vacation expenses?
This can be very frustrating to the obligor paying child support when he or she is seeing their ex spending money on vacations, home improvements, etc., but the way the court views it is that the parent uses the child support to support the children.
What is the top complaint from a parent paying child support?
Surprisingly, however, a top complaint that I will get from a parent paying child support is not the amount they must pay, or even that they have to pay at all, but rather their frustration, and sometimes anger, revolves around the ways in which their child support monies are being spent by the other parent.
How is child support calculated in each state?
Each state is different in how it calculates child support, though one thing that is generally applicable is that courts are not going to get involved in designating where each dollar of child support goes.