Family Law

Indiana Courts may make orders directing parents to contribute to post-secondary education expenses for a child when the parents are divorced or paternity has been established. In some cases, however children refuse to have a relationship with their parent after they turn eighteen and are no longer subject to a parenting time order by the Court. When this happens, a parent may be left paying for ...Read More ...

Divorce is a stressful time. In addition to the emotions involved, parties must deal with the often mysterious legal process as well. Collaborative Law offers divorcing couples another way. A Collaborative Divorce starts by retaining an attorney who is trained in Collaborative law. Both parties must be in agreement with the Collaborative process, and each party must retain their own attorney. ...Read More ...

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 ...

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 ...

    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 ...

Have you and your spouse separated but aren’t ready for divorce? Has your spouse moved out and is no longer providing for your children but you hope to reconcile? Indiana allows for married couples to file for a legal separation, instead of a dissolution, if the couple wants to remain married while living separately. A legal separation is a maximum of a one-year period where the court will make ...Read More ...