Child Support

Child Support Lawyer in Covington, St. Tammany Parish

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Child support paymentIf your divorce involves children, physical custody over a child can be awarded solely to one parent or shared jointly between both. Put simply, the parent awarded more time per week with a child is known as the custodial parent and is eligible to receive child support payments from the other parent. This means that even if you and your ex-spouse share joint physical custody, one of you may be ordered by the court to pay child support because the custody ruling will likely award more time to one of you than the other.

Understanding How to Obtain Child Support

Your best chance at receiving a child support order favorable to your budget is to get help from a child support lawyer in St. Tammany Parish.

Child support is awarded with respect to both parents’ incomes and expected childcare expenses. The non-custodial parent will be ordered to pay a percentage of their total income, but this can be adjusted based on how much time a child spends with each parent in a case with joint physical custody. Courts also have guidelines for determining estimated costs of raising children at different levels of income.

Will your divorce involve child support? Get legal help toward a judgement with your best interests in mind from our St. Tammany Parish child support attorney at Lindsey S. Olsen, Attorney at Law. Contact us online or call (985) 256-3553 for more information.

The Importance of Child Support Obligations

Whether you’re a parent ordered to pay child support or are the paying parent, you know that such payments make an incredible difference in your daily life. A parent who pays child support alongside spousal support could struggle to make ends meet, while a parent receiving these payments may rely on them to make their ends meet while caring for children.

Child support is a court order and failing to pay it means being held in contempt of a court order, which carries serious consequences. If you find yourself in this predicament, contact a family law lawyer in St. Tammany Parish immediately.

Some of these consequences include:

  • Garnishments of up to 65 percent from your paychecks
  • Tax return seizure
  • Property liens against land, homes, or vehicles
  • Damage to your credit
  • Jail time if the court believes you’re willfully refusing to pay
  • Felony charges if you fall more than $10,000 behind while willfully refusing to pay

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    Lindsey S. Olsen
    Lindsey is a lifelong resident of the Northshore, having graduated from Fontainebleau High School. She then went on to receive a Bachelor of Arts from Louisiana State University, and her Juris Doctor from Loyola University New Orleans College of Law. During her time spent at Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, she was a student practitioner in the Family Law Section of the Stuart H. Smith Law Clinic and Center for Social Justice. It was here she began serving her community by providing ...
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