A Separation Agreement is an arrangement on all the issues you and your spouse need to resolve before getting divorced, such as the division of marital property (assets and debts), child custody, visitation and support issues, and Temporary Maintenance and … Read More
Divorce and Separation
You Need Child Support But Don’t Wanna Talk To Your Ex
Talking to your ex is tough – but it just got a little easier. Love can be a strange and funny thing. When you’re in the thick of it, all you want to do is be around that person and … Read More
Set These Five Positive Intentions about Parenting
We can’t help worrying how divorce and parenting will impact our children. Sure, research shows that about 80-percent of children of divorce adjust well and show no lasting negative affects on their happiness or well-being, success or relationships. Yet it’s hard to … Read More
Sheri Atwood’s Story Behind SupportPay: Innovating Child Support Solutions
Sheri Atwood’s story behind SupportPay began as a single mother frustrated with managing child support. She founded SupportPay to make the process simpler and less stressful. Her personal struggles highlighted a gap in the market, leading her to create an … Read More
Why January Is Known As Divorce Season
We’ve had our fill of hot chocolate, holiday songs and Christmas decorations. But there’s something else that many have had their fill of during the holiday season: their marriage. Which leads to January being known as divorce season. It’s an unfortunate … Read More
5 More Questions About Child Support
We tend to get more than 5 questions about child support that we hear often, so we thought we’d do another edition to help better answer all the questions we’re receiving. Again, this was a problem that motivated our founder … Read More
A Brief Overview of Child Support Laws
It may come as a surprise to many, but child support laws are not a new phenomenon in the United States. Since the very founding of our nation, child support laws were baked into constitutional and colonial laws. It was … Read More
What happens After the child support order?
Your divorce is processed and you have a child expenses order or agreement. The hardest part of your divorce process is over and you are ready to move on with your life. Or so you think! Managing your child support The … Read More
Divorce Agreements: What You Missed in Child Support Calculations
Divorce agreements can quickly become a complex web of decisions, feelings, and financial disputes, especially when children are involved. Even though divorcing can have a devastating emotional toll, it’s important to remember the long-term practical and financial challenges of raising … Read More
The Top 4 Tips for Children Flying Alone
I wrote this post a few weeks ago and we got so much great feedback I decided to write a follow up with some of my best tips. Here is part one and read on for part two. With summer vacation coming to an end, … Read More
Co-parenting Best Practices
The irony is pretty thick here. The relationship didn’t work. Maybe you could never communicate well. You have children and you are now co-parenting after a divorce. The two things that make co-parenting a success are good communication and cooperation. … Read More
Best Ways to Calculate Child Support
The last thing you are probably thinking about in the midst of divorce and splitting with your spouse, is how much you will have to pay each month in child support. Once everything is finalized and the reality sets in, … Read More
6 Co-Parenting Tips for Summer Planning
Maybe this is your first summer that the kids will have to split their time. Maybe you have been doing this awhile, but kids’ lives and schedules change, and you feel there is a need to adjust the visitation this … Read More
Easiest Way to Pay Child Support
Everything costs money! I remember when my mom used to tell me that money doesn’t grow on trees. Now I know why I heard that all the time. I feel like saying that to my own child (ok, maybe I … Read More
Tips on How to Find A Lawyer
Where do you go for answers to all of the questions that come up during and after a divorce? Who’s responsibility is THAT? Which one of us is supposed to do this? What do I do in that crazy situation? … Read More