Child support
Child support, worked out on real pay stubs
Support follows a formula, but the formula is only as good as the income it starts from. We start from pay stubs, not guesses.
Setting or changing support is a flat fee, through an agreed order or one hearing. Enforcing an order that isn’t being paid is its own flat fee, for one motion and one hearing.
We send the wage-withholding order to the employer ourselves, so payments come out of the paycheck instead of waiting on a promise.
In the support fee
The support worksheet, run twice on real income
The petition or the motion, filed and served
An agreed order or one hearing
A wage-withholding order sent to the employer
How support gets set or changed
An agreed change can be signed in weeks; a hearing takes longer.
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Step 1: The numbers
You send recent pay stubs and the current order. We run the worksheet and show you the result.
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Step 2: The filing
We file the petition or motion and serve the other parent.
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Step 3: The order
An agreed order, or one hearing where your lawyer presents the numbers.
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Step 4: The paycheck
We send the withholding order to the employer and check the first payment arrives.
Questions about child support
When can support be changed?
Usually after a real change in income or in the children’s needs, or after a set number of years. We tell you whether yours qualifies before you pay.
What if the other parent works for cash?
The court can look at what they’re able to earn, not only what they report. We gather what shows their real income.
Does the fee include back support already owed?
Collecting past-due support is the enforcement fee, a flat fee for one motion and one hearing.
Find out what the formula says
Send two recent pay stubs after the call and we’ll run the worksheet.