In difficult custody battles, involving people of all different levels of income and education and backgrounds, one issue that recurs involves what many call “parental…
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According to this article, Rick Ross has reached a confidential agreement to support a child born out of wedlock to Ross and Tia Kemp. It…
In our previous post, we explained how Missouri statute governs the modification of maintenance and that a party seeking a change must show a substantial…
You are paying your former spouse maintenance and you would like to pay less. Can you? Under what circumstances does the law allow you to…
Child support often confounds litigants because it seems mechanical and not rooted in the specific needs of the family at issue. But looks can be…
As reported in the New York Times, a father concerned for the welfare of his son refused to allow him to continue playing high school…
The Missouri General Assembly has been looking at making shared custody the default custody position. Shared custody means that both parents have equal decision making…
We receive a number of inquiries every month about the impact of cohabitation on a maintenance award, and we thought we would take a moment…
In Missouri, maintenance terminates on certain conditions, most commonly the death or remarriage of the party receiving maintenance. In Kunce v. Kunce, the Western District…
In Missouri, maintenance awards obligate a greater-earning spouse to cover the shortfall between the income and reasonable and necessary expenses of the lesser-earning spouse. While…