Filing for Child Support
If you and your child's parent have separated and you need to start your child support, you may file for child support with your local family court. Child Support may be required by filing a child support request with the Family Court and by scheduling a motion hearing. During our initial consultation, we can discuss the child support process so you will have a better idea about what to expect.
South Carolina has adopted the South Carolina Child Support Guidelines which outline the rules about what is considered when a Family Court Judge is determining a child support amount. In the vast majority of child support cases, the SC Child Support Guidelines will apply. It is only in exceptional circumstances that the Family Court can deviate from the SC Child Support Guidelines.
You’ve been served in a Child Support Case
If you have been served in a child support case, you need to have legal representation to make sure you are not ordered to pay more child support than what is appropriate given the circumstances of your case. In most caes the South Carolina Child Support Guidelines govern the amount of child support that wil be ordered. In theory, this is a calculation where there you simply input income numbers for the parents and out pops the child support amount. In reality, what incomes are used, what expenses are reasonable, and other factors make it important that you have legal representation to walk you through the process.
To learn more about child support in South Carolina, please contact Attorney Tripp Atkins to schedule your consultation. You may schedule a consultation Greenville, SC Child Support Attorney, Tripp Atkins, or call or text Tripp at 864-558-0512. Get your specific questions answered about your case by a Greenville, SC child support lawyer. During this meeting we can get to know one another better and we can mutually determine if our representation is best for you and your family.
Modifying Child Support
If you are under a court-ordered child support obligation and you would like to have your child support obligation or if you are receiving child support and would like to get it increased and there has been a substantial change of circumstances from the time your previous order was entered you may be eligible to have your child support order modified.
You may schedule a consultation Greenville, SC Child Support Attorney, Tripp Atkins or call Tripp at 864-558-0512 to discuss the South Carolina child support process and get specific questions answered about your case by a Greenville, SC child support lawyer. During this meeting we can get to know one another better and we can mutually determine if our representation is best for you and your family.