Child Support

Alabama parents raising a child alone understand the importance of both child support and good health insurance. Although financial support from the other parent is extremely helpful, health insurance and medical support are just as necessary since medical costs for a...

There are several methods of enforcing child support orders. Parents who find themselves trying to collect child support and parents struggling to pay child support should educate themselves about measures that are taken to enforce child support orders and other...

As children in Alabama grow they have many needs and it is expected that parents provide for these needs. Parents need to provide for the basic needs such as providing their children food, clothing and a home. Simply providing for those needs can be expensive, but...

Many people are unaware that it's possible to modify child support if the circumstances have changed. Child support can only be modified in Alabama if the order was last established or modified at least three years ago. The monthly child support amount proposed in the...

In Alabama, many parents simply cannot afford to pay the full amount of child support. This has nothing to do with the perception of "deadbeat parents" and has everything to do with the fact that child support obligations are often set high. In many cases, they are...

Raising children can come with a high price tag, and divorce doesn’t make it any cheaper. You’re not likely going to have to foot the bill on your own, but the number the courts offer may not always be enough. Alabama child support averages out to $758 each month....