Custodial Parent


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Custodial Parent

The parent with whom a child lives for the greater part of the year.
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Although the reason of a PCSing custodial military parent is apparent, motives of the custodial parent are important to the noncustodial military parent's attempt to prevent a custodial parent from relocating without a legitimate and defendable reason.
PCSing again? Triggering child relocation and custody laws for servicemembers and their families
it would be disbursed to the custodial parent at no charge.
Child support, private enforcement companies, and the law
The lump-sum amount of the arrearage compared to the lump-sum value of the retirement benefit as of that date, then determines what percentage of the monthly retirement benefit ought to go to the custodial parent, as a future repayment of the child support that should have paid in the past.
QDROs - a powerful tool for child support enforcement
152(e), the special rule under which the dependency exemption for a child of divorced or separated parents can be released by the custodial parent in favor of the noncustodial parent.
Dependency status for a child of divorced or separated parents
Turning to the act's legislative history, the Second Circuit acknowledged that the act was intended to benefit custodial parents and their children who were being deprived of state-ordered payments.
No private remedy exists for violating child support law
Where one or both parents have the right to physical custody for over one-half of the calendar year and the child is under the age of majority under state law, the parent with whom the child resides longer during the calendar year is the custodial parent.
Rules clarified for claiming the exemption (and related tax breaks) for children of divorced parents
Figure 3 shows this information where custodial parent and child Medicaid cost savings are combined.
Regular child support helps state lower cost of welfare assistance
Sometimes the court files in these cases are voluminous because the deadbeat is pro se and is making a career out of dragging the custodial parent to court over trivial matters, thus jeopardizing employment and putting the custodial parent even more at the mercy of the deadbeat.
Frustrated by a deadbeat parent? Try invoking the dog law
Addressing a question of first impression, the court held that a custodial parent can recover damages from a nonparent third party who intentionally interferes with the parent's right to raise the child.
Florida recognizes claim for intentional interference with parent-child relationship
SSI and Medicaid may be affected if the parent who has custody of the child with the disability receives alimony or if the custodial parent receives child support which is to be used for food, shelter and/or clothing.
Divorce issues when a child with a disability is involved
Who takes over the care of children of separated or divorced parents when the custodial parent dies?
Who is your child's guardian?
For parents who are divorced or separated, the custodial parent usually can claim the child as a dependent.
H&R Block Survey: Many Moms Unaware of Child Tax Credit

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