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When You're Not Receiving Enough. |
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What if the child support you are receiving no longer pays for your growing child's food, let alone clothing, shelter, and after-school activities? |
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See an attorney. Your ability to up the payments depends, in large part, on whether a judge decided your case or you and your spouse negotiated the deal. In general, if a judge decided your case after a trial and you can show that your children's economic needs are not being met, you probably have a good chance of getting an increase. If you and your spouse negotiated your deal, it's harder to get a judge to change it, but not impossible if your children's reasonable economic needs are unmet. |
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Insurance and Health Care for Your Children |
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If a judge is trying your case, health insurance will be one of the items he or she will direct you or your spouse to maintain. If you are negotiating a settlement, here are some things to consider: |
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If you have health insurance through your employer, keep your children covered. If neither you nor your spouse has health insurance through an employer, try to agree to allocate the cost of the premiums between you. |
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Be sure to allocate the uninsured health care costs. Allocation can be in the same proportion that your individual incomes bear to your total income. If one of you is not working, then the other should pay all these costs. |
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