To the dismay of many Wisconsin residents, there was only one lucky person holding all of the winning numbers when the Powerball jackpot reached a near-record $338 million in March. That man will not be the only beneficiary of the $211 million lump sum payout, however. Also benefitting will be the children to whom he […]
Milwaukee residents may be interested to learn of a high-profile case involving a billionaire Wall Street financier and a well-known socialite. The couple has a five-year-old daughter. The mother is accused of conspiring with her boyfriend, a partial owner of the Tampa Bay Rays and a former executive at Goldman Sachs, to conceal her income […]
Child support payments are designed to ensure that a custodial parent in Milwaukee has the funds necessary to pay for a child’s needs and care. However, there is a growing concern that the support system in America is inherently flawed. The concern is that people have children with wealthy partners not because they want children […]
Wisconsin residents may be interested in a study which shows the cost of raising a child as being higher than ever. This may have implications in a divorce settlement where the amount of child support is an issue. A study from the U.S. Department of Agriculture concludes that it takes an average of $241,080 to […]
One of the stars of ‘Two and a Half Men”, the television show that is hugely popular with audiences in Wisconsin and around the country, is currently involved in a child support battle with his ex-wife. Actor Jon Cryer’s ex-wife recently filed a petition requesting increase in child support payments from $8,000 per month to […]
A recent case in Texas may be instructive in pointing out to non-custodial parents in Wisconsin who are responsible for child support payments how strictly states are enforcing these obligations. A Texas father has been sentenced to six months in jail for being late with payments even though the late payments were caused by a […]
Wisconsin parents who pay child support may be ordered to pay more when they take home a significant amount of income. However, parents may seek a reduction in the child support award if their income is reduced. Such was the case for one famous woman’s father who recently had the amount of the child support […]
Milwaukee County is making use of social media websites in an effort to deal with parents who neglect their child support payments. In some cases, the child support payment amounts provided have been minimal, but the parents who owed support made posts to their Facebook pages or other social media accounts that indicated the financial […]
According to information released by the Census Bureau for 2011, mothers in Wisconsin and across the nation are statistically more likely to fail to pay court-ordered child support than fathers are. The data suggests that 25.1 percent of custodial mothers with child support agreements did not receive any of the child support to which they […]
Many Wisconsin parents struggle with getting the child support they are owed from an ex-spouse or former partner. These parents understand that being granted child support is only the first hurdle they must jump through. What follows is often the much more difficult process of getting the money that is ordered. The good news is […]
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