Child Support And Alimony In Florida In Massachusetts
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Massachusetts Alimony Requirements One of the most notable alterations is the provision generally specifying that alimony orders terminate when the payor reaches “full retirement age.” The age of retirement is based on Social Security guidelines, currently set between age 66 and 67.
Under the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (UIFSA), sometimes called “Interstate Action,”states must help you find your ex for missing child support. This act also prevents multiple states from ordering child support and helps you find the other parent if they move away.
To qualify for alimony support, the receiving spouse must prove financial hardship and make a case for monetary assistance, whether temporary or long-term.
If the parent has enough contact with Massachusetts (if the child was conceived here, the parent paying support lived with the child here or sent the child to live here), we may be able to ask a Massachusetts court to order child support payments even though the other parent doesn't live here.
An easy way to enforce child support orders when the other parent is out of state is to garnish wages. You can have the courts send a garnishment order directly to the other parent's employer, and the child support will come straight out of their paycheck.
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court took a novel approach and determined that the alimony law and the child support guidelines allow the court to consider awarding both alimony and child support based on the same income.
The state where the child lives has jurisdiction over the issue of child support. So that's where you need to file a child-support case or file for help in the state's child-support-enforcement agency, usually part of the state's Attorney General's Office.
Some of the enforcement methods available in Massachusetts include: Wage Garnishment: If a parent fails to make child support payments, the DOR can garnish wages directly from their employer. This ensures that a portion of the parent's income is automatically allocated to child support.
