Child support plays a pivotal role in the care of young ones. Monthly child support payments may not arrive on time, if at all. Sometimes, custodial parents in Delaware could find child support payment arrears piling up. Excuses might do no good, as a child's...
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How could a parent seek back child support?
Figuring out who pays for the kids’ education after divorce
Just because you and your ex are divorced does not mean the two of you are not still your children's parents. Usually, you each continue to have parental responsibilities that last until the kids turn 18 -- whether they live with you or not. This is known in Delaware...
What Should Be In Your Parenting Plan?
Creating a parenting plan is a good way for divorcing couples to come to an agreement about child custody while keeping their kids’ best interests at heart. Parenting plans can encompass a wide range of factors regarding how you and your ex will go about operating...
4 books to help adults through divorce
When it is time to divorce your spouse, you know. You might linger on the thought for weeks, months, and sometimes years, but when you have a gut instinct, it's usually right. The real decision is about when to act and tell your spouse that you would like to separate....
Is it time to break the news of divorce to your kids?
You may never have imagined having to talk to your kids about divorce. When you married, you likely thought that you and your spouse would live happily together and that your children would only make your lives fuller. While that may have been the case for a while,...
A DUI can take a bite out of your budget
Because of the many thousands of victims of fatal drunk driving accidents each year, most states continue to enact tougher laws with stricter sentences. It is not as easy as it once was to walk away from a first offense with a slap on the wrist. More states are...
Did your DUI stop go from bad to worse with an enhanced charge?
Certain circumstances could result in an already bad situation becoming even worse. Though you undoubtedly do not want any run-in with law enforcement to get worse than it already is, the possibility does exist that an officer who stopped your vehicle could suspect...
When can you challenge a prenuptial agreement?
Life can take us by surprise. We can meet someone and fall in love—only for that person to change and for the love to go away. The marriage might fall apart. If there’s no hope for the marriage, you might consider divorce. And then, if you signed a prenuptial...
5 Time DUI offender kills woman in fatal car crash
What is a man with five DUIs on his record doing driving on the road? This is the question that is haunting loved ones and the Delaware County community. A fatal accident occurred earlier this year when the offender crashed his vehicle into his 45-year-old victim....
Custody rules when one parent moves with a child after divorce
After a divorce, sharing custody of the kids with an ex-spouse will be made much easier when you are both living relatively close to each other. This naturally makes drop-offs and transfers much easier. Plus, when the kids have activities, it isn’t such a trek to get...
