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You want to make sure you get the best and the fairest arrangement when it comes to child support. After all, just because your marriage didn’t work out doesn’t mean your children should go without basic necessities, including food, clothing, shelter, and education.
Hiring a great child support lawyer helps ease the stress and uncertainty associated with child support proceedings, ensuring your rights and interests are protected and fought for by a qualified professional every step of the way.
A child support lawyer or attorney specializes in legal issues related to child support, including determining the appropriate amount for one parent to pay to the other, modifying existing child support agreements, or enforcing child support arrangements if they are not honored.
If disputes arise pertaining to your child support arrangement, it’s prudent to pick an exceptional child support lawyer to protect your rights and ensure a fair outcome that keeps your, and your children’s, best interests are arrived at.
Child support and child custody are two separate legal issues that arise during a divorce, as both concern themselves with crucial parts of the child or children’s upbringing and quality of life.
Child custody involves who the children will be living with and, thus, who will be the primary care provider, or “custodial parent.” The custodial parent makes decisions regarding the child or children’s education, health care, religion, and extracurricular activities as well. If joint custody is granted, both parents are considered custodial parents.
Child support, on the other hand, refers to financial assistance provided by one parent to the other to ensure the child or children have access to their basic necessities. Even in joint custody arrangements where both parents serve as custodial parents, child support helps ensure the children have access to what they need even when they are with the lower-earning parent.
Hiring a child support lawyer provides a variety of benefits.
First, an experienced child support lawyer has ample knowledge of the law and applicable experience regarding child support proceedings. During what is often an emotional and uncertain time for you and your family, the child support lawyer is there to advocate and guide you through the complicated legal process and ensure the best outcome for you.
In addition, they provide representation in court, as well as during mediations and negotiations. With your best interests in mind and a sound strategy founded in concrete understanding of the law, they will work to achieve the best results for you and your family.
To guarantee the best outcome possible, you absolutely should hire a child support lawyer.
Child support is calculated based on set guidelines, the income of each parent, and the cost of needs for the children. The calculations are often complex, involving gross income of each parent and deductions and adjustments including taxes, Social Security, and mandatory union dues. Additional expenses including education, health care, childcare, and other factors weigh in as well.
Coming up with an accurate calculation is an arduous endeavor, often best left to the professionals. A qualified child support attorney will assist in arriving at a figure that is acceptable, fair, and always keeps your children’s best interests in mind.
In general, child support ends when the child turns 18, but it doesn’t have to.
Certain circumstances might make it reasonable to extend the child support payments beyond the child’s 18th birthday, and you are often able to adjust or modify the structure of child support payments based on your children’s constantly changing needs.
As with all things related to child support, having a qualified lawyer makes a big difference regarding how successful these modifications are ultimately.
If you need a child support lawyer in the greater East Bay Area, including San Leandro, Oakland, Hayward, Union City, & Fremont, contact Vonnah Bagner at Bagner Law, PC today by calling (510) 351-5341.
Bagner Law, PC opened in 2003 as Law Offices of Vonnah M. Bagner with offices in San Francisco and San Leandro, CA. In 2005, the entire practice was moved to San Leandro. 
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