Child Support

Arizona Father's Rights: Child Support

Be sure that you get credit for all the child support you have provided since your separation or divorce!

Arizona child support guidelines determine, with only a few exceptions, the amount of child support payments by considering the income of each parent, day care costs, medical and health insurance expenses, and the amount of parenting time / custody each parent has been awarded in the divorce decree. The information is entered on a parent's worksheet, and the support obligation is ordered by the court.

Avoid cash gifts, mortgage payments, or other undocumented child support.

However, at our Phoenix law firm, exclusively representing men and father's rights, where family law and divorce attorney Mark A. Werner represents men, we have seen fathers penalized for their generosity in making cash gifts, mortgage payments, providing clothing, or other undocumented expenses. In order for your contribution to the support of your child to be acknowledged by the Pinal or Maricopa County family court, it must be properly documented as a child support payment. Contact our family law firm exclusively representing men and father's rights to make arrangements for a consultation.

Post-Decree Modification of Child Support

The terms of child support outlined in a divorce decree are not final. Child support is modifiable at any time, based on a change. Children emancipating, a change of job, an addition of a child you support, and countless other factors can be a cause for modification of child support. Our child support lawyer will protect your financial welfare and your rights as a father in child support actions post-decree.

Do you have to pay child support if your ex-wife is interfering with parenting time?

Yes! The possible consequences of withholding child support include drivers' license revocation, jail, garnisheed wages, and a 10% interest rate on unpaid support obligations. Be sure to contact a child support attorney exclusively representing men and father's rights before withholding a payment. Your access to your child is not conditional upon your support, nor is your support conditional upon your access to your child. The two are mutually exclusive. These are separate issues that impact each other, and we will help you with legal avenues.

At our law firm in Phoenix, Arizona, fathers' rights and child support lawyer Mark A. Wernerfocuses on representing men and father's rights. Our clients include fathers and husbands from Tempe, Mesa, Chandler, Gilbert, Glendale, Peoria, Scottsdale, Surprise, Ahwatukee, and other communities in Maricopa County and Pinal County, Arizona.