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A child support order tells the parents what they must do to support their children. Enforcing child support orders means getting the parent to do what the order says.
The amount of child support is based on guidelines defined in Florida law. Child support guidelines are standards used to figure out the support needed for a child and the amount a parent has to pay. Guidelines help make sure support amounts are fair. Every state has guidelines, but they may be different in each state.
These guidelines are used the first time child support is ordered and every time the child support amount changes. They are also used to review the order to see if the support amount should be changed.
Child support guidelines consider:

• The income of both parents
• The child’s health care and child care costs
• The standard needs for the child. A list of support amounts based on the child’s age and net income of the parents is in the Florida law – standard needs table.

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Any couple who brings personal or business assets to the marriage can benefit from a prenup. The most basic of these contracts lists an inventory of premarital assets that in the event of a divorce will remain the property of their original owner.
“Prenups are good because they preserve the expectations of the parties and prevent surprises in a divorce trial,” says attorney Bob Nachshin, a partner in family law firm Nachshin & Langlois LLP in Los Angeles, and co-author of “I Do, You Do … But Just Sign Here: A Quick and Easy Guide to Cohabitation, Prenuptial and Postnuptial Agreements.” “In my 34 years of practice, I’ve never seen a prenuptial agreement that wasn’t enforced by the court.”

Read more:  http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/44209184/ns/today-money/t/signing-prenup-case-i-do-becomes-i-dont/

Is your company adoption-friendly? The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption is compiling its annual list of companies that provide the best adoption benefits across the U.S.

Establishing Legal Paternity

Paternity is Fatherhood

• Get a child support order
• Get a court order for visitation or custody
• Have a say in legal decisions about the child

A recent study on the children of divorce has revealed some surprises for parents across the nation. Children who are the products of “good divorce” may not grow up to be adults that are any happier or healthier than the children of more acrimonious and bitter divorces.
The term “good divorce” was made popular by a book called “The Good Divorce,” published in the 1990s by a sociology professor. The idea of a “good divorce,” one in which divorced parents are able to cooperate, co-parent and raise their children without too many bitter feelings, has been an ideal for parents considering a divorce.
http://www.smh.com.au/national/a-good-divorce-dont-bet-your-children-on-it-20120210-1smc0.html