In 2012, Indiana lowered the age of emancipation for child support purposes from age twenty-one to age nineteen. As such, a child support obligation for a minor child terminates on his or her nineteenth birthday. Since a child normally graduates high school, moves out, and/or attends college between the ages of seventeen and nineteen, child support obligations can become complicated during these ...Read More ...
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Using a Life Estate in Estate Planning
Estate planning provides many diverse options to individuals. One such option is the use of a life estate. A life estate creates the right for an individual to occupy and use property during their lifetime, or the lifetime of another (known as a life estate autrie vie), while being owned by a different individual. The person who has the right to occupy and use the property is called the life ...Read More ...
Relocating with Children
You and your spouse have divorced. You spent hours reaching a settlement agreement in mediation, and while the process was hard, you feel the final settlement was fair. You have settled into parenting post-divorce and are enjoying your new relationship with your children when you get the call that your ex-spouse intends to relocate with the children to another state, and you won’t be able to see ...Read More ...
Obtaining and Enforcing Child Support Orders
Indiana provides a systematic calculation for payment of child support by one parent to the other, based on the parents’ income, amount paid for health insurance premiums for the children, child care costs, the amount of overnight parenting time with each parent, and payments made for prior born or subsequent children. Indiana also provides guidance on calculating child support ...Read More ...
ABLE Act
Indiana's legislature is currently considering how it will implement the Achieving a Better Life Experience Act of 2013, more commonly known as the ABLE Act. Families of those with developmental disabilities are familiar with the conundrum of contributing to a loved one's financial security without disqualifying that person from Medicaid and/or SSI by exceeding resource limits. The ABLE Act was ...Read More ...
Parol Evidence
At Slotegraaf Niehoff, P.C., we always advise our small business owners to closely review contracts and be very careful with respect to formalities before executing in order to avoid personal liability. A recent Indiana Court of Appeals decision helps underscore why these formalities can be so important. In Yellow Book Sales and Distribution Co., Inc. v. JB McCoy Masonry, Inc., ...Read More ...
