Muscogee County Georgia child support payment attorneys
Child support payments in Columbus GA
Unlike alimony, payments of child support is not deducted from the payers income taxes. although, if you pay more than 50% of the actual costs of child support, you can claim the child as a dependent to save taxes. Parents generally agree on the issue of the dependents deduction so that both do not make the claim which can trigger an IRS audit. The court that grants the original child support award is said to have continuing jurisdiction to change the order as conditions warrant. Either parent may apply to the court to amend the order throughout the duration of the childs minority. Changes do not happen automatically. One parent must apply for the change by a formal petition to the court.
Child support orders cannot be modified on caprice or because a court feels that “it is time.” It must be based on evidence establishing that enough reasons exist to make the change. This generally requires a demonstration of changed conditions in almost all states from the facts as they existed at the time that the last order was passed. In the many years a child support order remains effective, the parents circumstances may change many times and therefore the child support order.
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