Whether you have already filed for divorce in Michigan or you are in the primary stages of filing for divorce, the non-custodial parent will be ordered to pay child support for the children who are involved in the case. Child support is designed to bridge the financial gap that is often created during a divorce when parents separate and move…
Many Michigan parents dutifully pay child support in order to ensure that their children are taken care of. Unfortunately, many others refuse to pay up and even evade police until they are finally caught. One man, who has been on the run for five years, was recently found and arrested for failing to pay child support. The total? More than…
Many divorced Michigan parents are obligated to pay child support payments to their ex-spouse after a divorce. Most parents dutifully pay these obligations, while others ignore them or go to great lengths to avoid them. One man is now facing prison time after hiding his assets in order to avoid paying child support. The 50-year-old real estate investor from California…
Some Michigan men may have donated their sperm at one time in order to earn a few extra dollars. One man did it for free and now he’s paying the price – literally. He is now being forced to pay child support – a first for any sperm donor. The 47-year-old Kansas man answered an ad on Craigslist from two…
It’s not just celebrities that make the news when it comes to missing child support payments. Even their not-so-famous parents can end up in the spotlight due to allegations of nonpayment of court-ordered child support. This is exactly what has happened to Beyonce Knowles’ father, Matthew Knowles. Matthew Knowles has a 3-year-old son that was conceived during an affair when…
Michigan is home to hundreds of thousands of college students, with over 40,000 students enrolled at the University of Michigan alone. As such, student loans are an important and relevant topic for a considerable portion of the state’s residents. Many parents applying for a child’s student loan find it difficult and confusing, but the added stresses of child support and…
A man originally from Michigan says he paid 25 years’ worth of child support before realizing that the payments were for a child who died in 1988. The man said he did not notice that the payments being withdrawn from his bank account were for the child, who died of acute meningitis at the age of three, assuming they were…
According to records from Michigan’s Macomb County Circuit Court, NFL center Dominic Raiola owes two months’ worth of child support to the mother of his 5-year-old son. Raiola, who has played with the Detroit Lions since joining the NFL in 2001, never married the child’s mother but the couple was reportedly engaged in “an intimate relationship” for several years. After…
Handling over 300,000 child custody and child support cases each year, the Wayne County Friend of the Court is part of one of Michigan’s busiest courts. As such, it attracts a large amount of criticism from those embroiled in difficult and bitter family law cases, many of whom say the FOC routinely dismisses their concerns and fails to use its…
A NBA player who was formerly signed with the Detroit Pistons may be facing 11 months of jail time if he does not pay the $53,053 that he reportedly owes to a Michigan woman for child support. A judge handed down the delayed sentence at a recent hearing for the player, who has been charged with child abandonment and desertion.…