For North Dakota and Minnesota residents facing their first tax season after a divorce, it's essential to know how alimony and child support may impact your income taxes. This is true for both those paying and receiving the money.If you are receiving alimony, it is...
Child Support
Child support laws vary for North Dakota and Minnesota parents
Lawmakers in both North Dakota and Minnesota have revised the state statutes that involve child support in recent years. As with many state laws, there are differences between the two states.Since our family law firm represents people in both of these states, it's...
Software programs help parents track child support spending
When couples with children divorce, one of the spouses generally is ordered to pay child support. However, while the amount of child support is specified in the court order, how it will be spent is another issue.The parent paying the child support may have little or...
Remedies sought for people in poverty with child support debt
Although almost a quarter of children living in America are entitled to child support payments, less than two-thirds of the money due them is paid. The good news for North Dakota is that our state is above the national average. In fact, as of 2012, it was second only...
State supreme court rules on child support case
Is a man who claimed paternity of a child obligated to continue paying child support even after a DNA test determines that he is not biologically the child's father? That was the question facing the Nebraska Supreme Court recently. It ruled in a split decision that a...
Former North Dakota basketball star arrested multiple times
A former basketball star from the University of North Dakota has been arrested multiple times over the past few years, according to the local authorities. Since the beginning of 2012, in January, he has as many as seven arrests on his record. Each of these stems from...
Failure to pay child support causes ex-NFL player’s arrest
Allegedly owing more than $267,000 in unpaid overdue payments, National Football League player B.J. Askew was arrested. He is charged with felony non-support for not paying court mandated child support for his three children. He was initially ordered to pay a total of...
Former reality TV’s Jon Gosselin doesn’t pay child support
Divorce can turn into a stressful situation for both parties involved, including any children the couple may have together. Divorce is an ordinary event for North Dakota residents, just as it is across the country. Regardless of income or societal status, divorce can...