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Child support is court-ordered obligation! If you do not pay, you are violating a court order.

Summary. Child support in Texas must be paid. Generally, in Texas, a child support obligation lasts until the child turns 18 or graduates high school. However, the tenure of support payments will be determinate upon each individual's situation.

The only guaranteed ways for support to end are if parents get back together or the child becomes legally independent based on age (usually 18) or via emancipation, marriage or joining the military.

Child support is the ongoing contribution of money to help pay for the living and medical expenses of a child or children until they are adults. The amount that must be paid is called the child support order.

All high-income countries have child support policies, and a legal duty to provide for children is enshrined within the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC).

Both parents have an obligation to support their children. The court could impute income to one parent for being voluntarily unemployed or underemployed.

Generally, child support in Texas is money for a child's basic, minimum, needs for food, clothing, shelter, education (public), medical, and dental care. So long as the child is not neglected, a parent who receives child support has discretion to use the money as he or she believes is appropriate.

Child support is court-ordered obligation! If you do not pay, you are violating a court order.

"Child support" is payments made by one or both parents to financially support the child's expenses. It may also involve medical or dental insurance.

Summary. Child support in Texas must be paid. Generally, in Texas, a child support obligation lasts until the child turns 18 or graduates high school. However, the tenure of support payments will be determinate upon each individual's situation.

The most significant federal legislation was enacted in 1975, when Congress added Part D to Title IV of the Social Secu- rity Act, establishing the Child Support Enforcement (IV-D) program. This legislation created the public bureaucracy to enforce private child support obligations.

The only guaranteed ways for support to end are if parents get back together or the child becomes legally independent based on age (usually 18) or via emancipation, marriage or joining the military.

The rules governing child support liens have changed. Previously, child support liens had a 10-year limit, but that limit no longer applies. Now, child support liens can remain in effect indefinitely. Moreover, expired child support liens on real property can be renewed.

Child support is the ongoing contribution of money to help pay for the living and medical expenses of a child or children until they are adults. The amount that must be paid is called the child support order.

Federal law makes it illegal for an individual to willfully fail to pay child support as ordered by a court in certain circumstances. Convicted offenders may face fines and imprisonment (For more information, see Citizen's Guide to Federal Law on Child Support Enforcement).

Alabama's Child Support Enforcement Program is a Federal, State and local partnership designed to get your child the financial and medical support he or she deserves.

All high-income countries have child support policies, and a legal duty to provide for children is enshrined within the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC).

Both parents have an obligation to support their children. The court could impute income to one parent for being voluntarily unemployed or underemployed.

Generally, child support in Texas is money for a child's basic, minimum, needs for food, clothing, shelter, education (public), medical, and dental care. So long as the child is not neglected, a parent who receives child support has discretion to use the money as he or she believes is appropriate.

"Child support" is payments made by one or both parents to financially support the child's expenses. It may also involve medical or dental insurance.

The most significant federal legislation was enacted in 1975, when Congress added Part D to Title IV of the Social Secu- rity Act, establishing the Child Support Enforcement (IV-D) program. This legislation created the public bureaucracy to enforce private child support obligations.

The rules governing child support liens have changed. Previously, child support liens had a 10-year limit, but that limit no longer applies. Now, child support liens can remain in effect indefinitely. Moreover, expired child support liens on real property can be renewed.

Federal law makes it illegal for an individual to willfully fail to pay child support as ordered by a court in certain circumstances. Convicted offenders may face fines and imprisonment (For more information, see Citizen's Guide to Federal Law on Child Support Enforcement).

Alabama's Child Support Enforcement Program is a Federal, State and local partnership designed to get your child the financial and medical support he or she deserves.