Increase your Massachusetts child support payments by 26.21%
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Easily track and get paid for additional child support expenses.
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MGL c. 119A 1A Child Support Enforcement Guidelines requires both parents to pay for children's shared expenses. However, your co-parent may not want to provide the full child support you need to raise your children. There are several items that are not covered by child support. By law, your co-parent should pay at least 50%, if not more, unless they are struggling financially. List of expenses that co-parents should share:
You can categorize every expense for your children and ask your co-parent to reimburse their share. If co-parent refuses to reimburse, you can file for a Child Support Modification.
Children's expenses change as their needs change. They want to participate in new activities, or their education expenses increase. It will be unfair for the custodial parent to pay for everything out of the child support. Child support is only supposed to cover clothing, food, and housing unless additional costs are covered in the monthly child support. Other thing that parents often deal with is inflation. They wonder since the prices are going up, shouldn't my child support go up too?
MGL c. 119A 1A Child Support Enforcement Guidelines allows Massachusetts co-parents to request an increase in child support thorugh the modification process. Parents can use our service to record all the expenses and submit them as evidence that they need more money from the co-parent. Massachusetts family court will not modify child support if these expenses are small. You will have to show that a substantial change in expenses has occurred.
If both co-parents are on good terms and agree that there needs to be an increase in the Massachusetts child support, they can draft an agreement with the help of an attorney, or a Massachusetts licensed family mediator. It will require an approval from a Massachusetts family court. Once the court issues an order, Massachusetts child support agency will start deducting the new amount from the payer's paycheck.
If co-parents disagree on the child support modification, they will need to present their case in court. A judge will review all the documents including the expense reports from our service to determine whether a change in child support is appropriate. If your co-parent earns more than before, it will also be considered. Both parties will need to engage a Massachusetts bar approved attorney.
Your co-parent may request a Massachusetts child support modification to decrease the support amount. They may claim that you are spending too much money on things that are not important. By presenting the records through our service, you can prove that it is not case. If they make a claim that they are a deadbeat by quitting their job. Don't worry, a Massachusetts family court judge won't buy into that.