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March 12, 2017

House Bill 2658: “The One Size Fits All, Children Can Go to Hell, Custody Law”

...or one extra overnight per year, because that overnight determines whether child support will be calculated under the “basic shared formula” or “extended shares formula”. Are we really supposed to believe that the parent who insists on that extra, monetarily beneficial, “over-night” wants it because it is more consistent with the child’s “best interests” than one “over-night less? Give me a break. (Note: 128 over-nights = the “extended shares” chi...

February 14, 2016

The Maze of WV Child Custody Issues – Just Dropping Crumbs Won’t Get You Out

...nts. Although the law in cases where one parent wants to relocate with the child/children to another state or too far away for the other parent to keep the same parenting role has not changed, but the way our WV Supreme Court interprets the facts has. In a March, 2019 case, our Sup. Ct. elevated “the best interests of the child” and the actual services and time a parent spends with a child, over a simple counting of “overnights”: thus, “substantia...

March 15, 2014

Child Custody & Support

...hing I can to protect your interests and goals. Effect of Child Custody on Child Support West Virginia will use one of three formulas to calculate the amount of child support you pay: Basic formula (if you have your child less than a third of the overnight visits) Extended formula (if you have your child from a third to half of the overnight visits) Split child custody (if custody is split 50-50) The more time your child spends with you, the less...

September 13, 2011

No Lawyer? Or Just Any Lawyer?

...etc. for the child in her and his respective custody. If Court calculated child support, NEITHER PARTY WOULD OWE THE OTHER CHILD SUPPORT. 3. Father, with no lawyer, fails to get court approval of the agreement. 4. Mother then sues father for $75,000 unpaid child support, relying on a clear court order that he was to pay it! 5. Father hires a young attorney from a good firm who urges him to cough up $40,000, in compromise or risk the $75,000 judgm...

August 20, 2010

Communicating with Those You Hate, or Who Hate You

...of the children as a time to raise extraneous issues: “You haven’t paid my child support you SOB.”, “Why were you late at the last visit?”, or “I don’t want you having that child around that ‘slut’ or ‘child abuser’.” The transfer is not the time to talk about such things since the children inevitably hear you. Where you do not feel comfortable with the direct exchange, I suggest a “honk” agreement. The receiving parent stops and parks either in t...

March 6, 2011

Factors in Determining Alimony (Spousal Support), The WV Statute, Sec 48-6-301

Section 48-6-301 Factors considered in awarding spousal support, child support or separate maintenance; (Note: Feb. 10, 2012. J.B.H. This is WVa’s alimony statute.) (a) In cases where the parties to an action commenced under the provisions of this article have not executed a separation agreement, or have executed an agreement which is incomplete or insufficient to resolve the outstanding issues between the parties, or where the court finds the se...

November 10, 2014

Remember the Children of Divorce.

...of 8000-10,000 children of divorce over 40 years. http://faithtap.com/1823/child-of-divorce-letter/ 2. I have met some of these children as adults. I have talked with an 18 year old who endured years of counseling for HIS PARENTS’ dysfunction and who felt that meant something was wring with him. He urged me NOT to allow my clients send their children to a counselor. And, I met one recently who told me she was enduring sexual abuse by her father wh...

March 29, 2011

Lessons From Hatfields & McCoy – Perpetuating the Fight

...and life. Read books, check out the Web, and take it a day at a time. You will be glad you did. In the meantimie, take care of yourself and your children. Your life, and your children’s, will be better for it....

April 3, 2014

Table of Contents

...48-6-301 Section 48-6-301 Factors considered in awarding spousal support, child support or separate maintenance; (Note: Feb. 10, 2012. J.B.H. This is … 2011/03/06 2011-03-06 14:40:00 General Provisions Regarding Spousal Support, WV Statute Section 48-8-101 General provisions regarding spousal support (a) An obligation that compels a person to pay spousal support may arise … 2011/03/06 2011-03-06 14:37:00 Rehabilitative Spousal Support – The WV St...

March 15, 2014

FAQ

...and other information. The apportionment of parental time can also affect child support, so “custody battles” still exist. The ideal is for parents to put the best interest of the child first compromise their position into and agree parenting plan. The parent who is awarded greater than 70% of the overnight time often has an advantage in issues of child support and whether they can move from the state with the child. “Parenting” and “Parenting Pl...