St. Tammany Parish Child Custody Lawyer
Let Us Help You Calculate Child Support Payments
If 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.
How Can I be Awarded 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 out St. Tammany Parish child support attorney at Lindsey S. Olsen, Attorney at Law. Contact us online or call (985) 256-3553 for more information.
Child Support Obligations Are Serious
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
Make sure your child support agreement is working for you by calling the divorce lawyers at Lindsey S. Olsen, Attorney at Law at (985) 256-3553.



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