An often-overlooked aspect of financial issues during a divorce involves how parents are going to pay for a child’s college expenses. Many parents take advantage…
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Starting July 15, 2021, millions of American families will start receiving monthly Child Tax Credit payments. As part of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan…
PDL stands for “pendente lite,” a Latin phrase that essentially means “temporary.” After an individual files a petition for dissolution of marriage or a legal…
In Missouri, trial courts consider child support awards in all custody cases. To calculate child support, the trial courts must use Form 14, a worksheet…
Divorce can be trying enough emotionally, and it is not cost-free – but some costs incurred during divorce can be self-inflicted. First, every person going…
You recently receive a divorce or child custody judgment that awards you monthly child support. Months go by but the other parent fails to pay…
Many couples going through divorce think that the only financial issue related to children is child support, which in Missouri, as in most states, gets…
Most people get paid for employment by check, and their salary tends to be fixed to either an hourly wage or an annual salary. But…
As the Governor “reopened” the State of Missouri beginning May 4, the Chief Judge of the Missouri Supreme Court had to consider whether and how…
As the pandemic rolls on into a third month, large companies like Enterprise as well as small businesses have begun furloughs, layoffs, and some firings….