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California commemorates child support awareness month

By |2022-04-04T19:04:47+00:0016 Aug 2013|Categories: Child Support, Child Support Modification, Custodial Parent, Everyday Expenses, Health Care|

California commemorates child support awareness month

On behalf of The Law Offices of Dorie A. Rogers, APC posted in Child Support on Friday, August 16, 2013.

Orange County, California, residents are aware of how significant child support is in the child’s life. The payment not only helps with the everyday expenses of the child but it also funds educational and health care costs. To further underline its importance, the California Department of Child Support Services has decided to make the month of August Child Support Awareness Month.

In commemoration, the department is recognizing 51 statewide child support agencies, including the courts that provide the necessary services to assist in getting children much-needed finances.

So far, the department, together with child support agencies, has collected a total of $2.3 billion in the fiscal year ending September 2012. The collection is a $48 million increase over the previous fiscal year. From the total amount, $1.8 billion was distributed to families. The remaining amount went to federal and state governments for foster care expenses and public assistance.

As part of the commemoration, the interim director of the department is also recognizing the efforts of parents who are facing challenges in making child support payments. These include underemployment or loss of employment, resolving health expenses after getting sick or re-entry into the community after incarceration. In an effort to assist parents having trouble with payments, one county has formed a team to assess and assist non-custodial parents to get their accounts back to good standing. So far, the effort has resulted in a 32 percent success rate.

An Orange County parent struggling with payments can also take this route. Another option is to seek the guidance of a legal professional to file for child support modification. This legal option can help iron out a mutually beneficial way to make payments without compromising the financial security of the child and without impacting the parent’s ability to pay as well.

Source: Sierra Star “August is child support awareness month in California,” Brian Wilkinson, Aug. 6, 2013

About the Author:

Dorie Anne Rogers - The Law Offices of Dorie A. Rogers, APC
Dorie A. Rogers, a Family Law Specialist, Certified by the State Bar of California, has been an attorney since 1981 with an exclusive family law practice located in Orange County. She is accepting dissolution cases with support and property issues including the use of forensics to ascertain business value, community interests and to establish monthly case flow analysis. Ms. Rogers has substantial experience in high conflict custody litigation involving sophisticated psychological issues. She drafts premarital and postmarital agreement designed to define and establish parties' separate and community property interests. Paternity cases and domestic violence matters are considered part of her practice. Ms. Rogers is a court-approved and court-appointed to represent minor children.Ms. Rogers consults with individuals concerned about entering or exiting a relationship. She advises effective strategies for dissolution or premarital planning. Knowledge is power and good planning affords better results.Specialties: Family Law Specialist, Certified by the State Bar of California

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