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Key Takeaways Connecticut uses an income-based formula. The Connecticut Child Support Guidelines generally start with both parents’ net weekly incomes and use a statewide schedule to calculate the presumptive child support obligation. Connecticut changed the...
Key Takeaways Rhode Island generally does not require divorced parents to pay college expenses. The Family Court’s statutory authority to order child support and educational costs ordinarily ends before a child completes college. Support can extend briefly beyond age...
Key Takeaways Rhode Island uses a statewide child support formula. The Family Court begins with the current child support guidelines and worksheet rather than setting support from scratch in every case. Both parents’ incomes matter. Rhode Island uses an income-shares...
Key Takeaways Child support does not always end at age 18. Many parents assume child support automatically stops when a child turns eighteen, but New Hampshire law provides that support may continue beyond a child's eighteenth birthday in certain circumstances....
One of the more common questions that comes up after a divorce is whether it makes sense to go back to court to modify child support or alimony. The answer, as unsatisfying as it may initially sound, is that it depends. More specifically, it depends on the facts, the...
Nearly every divorce with minor children and custody cases in New Hampshire has the issue of child support. While there are state guidelines and a formula, and many cases are relatively straightforward, that is not always the case. Regardless of the complexity of your...
What Divorced and Separated Parents Need to Know About Paying for College Few financial issues create more anxiety for divorced or separated parents than college. Tuition continues to rise. Children have expectations. And parents often have very different views about...
Societal changes and economic realities justify the need for laws to be considered anew from time to time. In fact, Massachusetts must review its child support guidelines to ensure federal compliance every four years. The latest child support guidelines will be...
Cavanagh 2025 Introduction: A Case that Keeps Changing the Rules Few family law cases in Massachusetts have had the sweeping effect of Cavanagh v. Cavanagh. What began as a routine post-divorce dispute over child support and alimony has now produced two landmark...
Having the Department of Revenue manage child support enforcement is a great benefit available under the law. That is, until a party overpays—and no child support flows in either direction between the parents, as here. In a May 2025 decision with broad implications...