Over the last decade, there has been a deadlock in congress on raising the child support payment cap. Today, however, the House Judiciary Committee voted on a 4% increase in child support payments – which would be the first such increase in … Read More
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How Does SupportPay Work – And How Can It Make My Life Easier?
Life can be stressful – let’s just state the obvious. Add in children? Stress level 11. Sheri Atwood, the founder of SupportPay, was looking for a way to help her manage child support payments and everything related to the child support … Read More
The New Ways States Are Collecting Child Support
As millions and millions of dollars go uncollected in support payments, states are getting craftier about the ways in which they are going about collecting child support. Take Texas, for example. Just recently Texas changed the law to tie child support payments to … Read More
How to Avoid Child Support Penalties
Millions of dollars are not paid in back child support every year. Unfortunately, this money is kept from children who in some cases desperately need it. But there are many reasons why child support that is owed is not paid … Read More
We Help Parents Raise Children Together – Even When Separated
A bitter divorce – it’s unfortunate, but it happens. And it happens even when we don’t plan on it. SupportPay’s founder, Sheri Atwood, is a child of a bitter divorce. She understands from firsthand experience how trying bitter divorces can … Read More
Behind on Child Support? Get Financially Fit
We’re halfway through 2016 now – and its time to take a good hard look at your finances. This means take out those receipts, your subscriptions, and the bills, and put your fingers to the keys and bust out the … Read More
A Better Way to Manage Child Support Payments
If you’re a parent who has gone through a divorce, you know that childcare is often made harder. You have to find ways to balance time with your children, find time for yourself, and most importantly, manage your finances. Financial … Read More
The One Thing That Will Make Child Support Easier
Crying kids. Stacks of bills. Not knowing what to make for dinner. A never ending work schedule. Sound like your life? You’re not alone. Millions of Americans are in the same boat, working to feed their families and maintain a … Read More
Going Through A Divorce? Here’s How to Make it Easier
Divorce is never easy. Even for the couples that are both understanding of the fact that it may be the best decision, there are dozens of factors that make it difficult for any couple. Not to mention that very often, … Read More
How to Save Money On A Divorce
It goes without saying that too often a divorce can be bitter, messy affairs. You can see the images in your mind already – shouting ex wives, husbands slamming doors, lawyers at each other’s throats on the phone. And divorce … Read More
What Do You Do When the Child Support Legal System Screws Up?
We’ve all been there – when we make a mistake with the government, or miss a payment, or are late following up on legal documents, the state makes sure that we pay for it. There are fines, fees, penalties, wage … Read More
Why Tracking Child Support Is So Important?
If you follow the latest on child support news like we do, you may have come upon a recent story about Mississippi child support. Calvin McDonald Jr and Dionne McDonald, who live in New Mexico received a letter from Mississippi’s Department of Human … Read More
Why Child Support Should Be About More Than Just Money
After a divorce, child support can be a conflict-ridden process. It’s not uncommon that once loving, kind spouses turn hostile and seek to get everything they can from the deal, ripping their relationship apart. So typically, parents drift away and … Read More
Why Pay Your Child Support On Time,learn about the reasons
It probably goes without saying that there are consequences to not paying child support – and none of them are fun. All across the country law enforcement is cracking down on parents who are not paying their child support payments. … Read More
How Alimony and Child Support Affect Your Taxes
If you haven’t started doing your taxes yet, you’re running out of time to gather the necessary paperwork to meet this year’s April 15 filing deadline. And while many people believe filing taxes just means telling the IRS how much … Read More