Denham Springs Child SupportParents are responsible for their children’s well-being—financial, emotional and medical. Unplanned pregnancy, divorce, employment termination or other personal issues do not excuse a parent from this responsibility. Louisiana child support laws exist to ensure a child’s financial well-being by garnering support from non-custodial parents.

But child support enforcement isn’t always the problem. Sometimes child support disputes arise when one parent uses child support as a personal source of income and files unfair motions to increase payments. Military pay on a LES can also lead to erroneous claims of underpayment. In these cases, you need a child support lawyer.

The attorneys at Ellen Cronin Badeaux, LLC have 19 years of experience helping both receiving and paying parents settle child support disputes.

For Recipients: Child Support Enforcement and Increase

The lawyers at Ellen Cronin Badeaux, LLC can help you understand the rights Louisiana child support laws grant you and your children. If you are struggling to support your child because the non-custodial parent is withholding child support payments, we can enforce child support orders through:

  • Income assignment (wage garnishment)
  • Interception of state and federal tax refunds
  • Interception of lottery winnings
  • Interception of inheritance
  • Suspension of driving, professional and leisure licenses
  • Medical support order
  • Liens on immovable property

Louisiana child support laws have a ten-year statute of limitations, so you may also be eligible to collect back child support payments. The lawyers at Ellen Cronin Badeaux, LLC can also help you file a Motion to Modify, to Increase child support if a change in your or the non-custodial parent’s circumstances warrant recalculation.

For Payors: Child Support Reduction

Some changes in yours or your child’s custodial parent’s circumstances may mean that you are eligible to reduce your child support, including:

  • Your income has decreased through no fault of your own
  • Your child has become an adult
  • You’ve become the breadwinner for additional dependents
  • The other parent’s income has increased or they are now benefitting from:
    • Inheritance
    • Lottery winnings
    • Remarriage
    • Other income like Social Security or disability benefits
  • The child support recipient is intentionally unemployed following a remarriage or unemployed due to their own fault

The lawyers at Ellen Cronin Badeaux, LLC can help you recalculate child support and file a Motion to Modify, to Decrease child support.

For Military Service Members: Child Support Help

Military service can complicate child support arrangements. Direct payments and confusing LES pay stubs often result in child support calculation errors. And overseas deployment or station assignment out of state can make dealing with Louisiana child support issues difficult.

If you’ve been served a:

  • Petition to Partition
  • Motion for Contempt, for non-payment
  • Motion for Medical Support, to add health insurance
  • Petition for Paternity and to Establish Support
  • Motion to Modify, to Increase child support

contact the attorneys at Ellen Cronin Badeaux, LLC. We understand the pay structures and benefits of armed service members and can help you fight unfair motions. We can also help you seek child custody or dispute paternity.

Your child should have the financial benefits of having two income-earning parents. You shouldn’t have to bear the weight of paying for all of your child’s needs alone. The lawyers at Ellen Cronin Badeaux, LLC can help you pursue child support enforcement or modification in Denham Springs, Louisiana. Contact us today.

Call 985-261-0760 to schedule a consultation with experienced child support lawyers in
Denham Springs, Louisiana.

Ellen Cronin Badeaux, LLC serves the parishes of St. Tammany, Washington, Livingston, Tangipahoa, St. Helena, Jefferson, Orleans, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, West Feliciana, and Ascension. We are happy to help those in the communities of Amite, Baton Rouge, Covington, Denham Springs, Hammond, Livingston, Mandeville, Metairie, New Orleans and Slidell.Badeaux Law Offices