In 2009, a lesbian couple took out an ad online requesting a sperm donor. A 46-year-old man answered the ad, and after meeting three times with the couple and signing an agreement that relieved him of any financial or paternal responsibility, he gave the women a...
One of the reasons for child support laws is to ensure that a parent is still supporting their child, even if the circumstances are strained or unique. For many, these payments are feasible, but there is also a large community of parents who have trouble coming up...
When Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes divorced earlier this summer, they managed to get through settlement negotiations quite quickly. In fact, as we reported last month, they settled the divorce within about two weeks. At the time, not a lot of information was made public...
Any Coloradoan who has been through a divorce and is facing a child custody dispute may wonder how child support calculations work. When a court arrives at a final number, how does it get there? There's not necessarily an easy answer to that question. In general,...
A new paternity test that can be used earlier in pregnancy might make it easier to identify a father who can pay child support. The tests are not as invasive as others tried in the past, although they also bring some challenges. The new blood tests can reportedly...
Late in March, we told you about how former NBA basketball star Dennis Rodman was found in contempt of court for failing to pay child support to his ex-wife. Now a judge has sentenced him to 104 hours of community service. He was also placed on three years of informal...
One Colorado woman feels that she is part of a class that is often overlooked: single adults left with little money after a divorce, leading to a life of poverty or homelessness. It's more common than you might think for people in her situation to struggle to be able...
Many years ago, it was very rare to hear about women who were ordered to pay alimony or spousal support to their ex-husbands. But new research shows it's happening much more often, and a recent case involving a well-known actress illustrates the point. Mena Suvari,...
Last August, we told you about supermodel Linda Evangelista's child support dispute with her ex, billionaire Francois-Henri Pinault. She was reportedly seeking $46,000 per month in child support. As they've been continuing the dispute in court, it appears they've...
It probably doesn't occur to anyone donating sperm that they may have to pay child support in the future. In a bizarre instance in another state, that's just what happened. The man was in a relationship with a woman but they never married. Back in 2006, he donated...
In 2009, a lesbian couple took out an ad online requesting a sperm donor. A 46-year-old man answered the ad, and after meeting three times with the couple and signing an agreement that relieved him of any financial or paternal responsibility, he gave the women a...
One of the reasons for child support laws is to ensure that a parent is still supporting their child, even if the circumstances are strained or unique. For many, these payments are feasible, but there is also a large community of parents who have trouble coming up...
When Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes divorced earlier this summer, they managed to get through settlement negotiations quite quickly. In fact, as we reported last month, they settled the divorce within about two weeks. At the time, not a lot of information was made public...
Any Coloradoan who has been through a divorce and is facing a child custody dispute may wonder how child support calculations work. When a court arrives at a final number, how does it get there? There's not necessarily an easy answer to that question. In general,...
A new paternity test that can be used earlier in pregnancy might make it easier to identify a father who can pay child support. The tests are not as invasive as others tried in the past, although they also bring some challenges. The new blood tests can reportedly...
Late in March, we told you about how former NBA basketball star Dennis Rodman was found in contempt of court for failing to pay child support to his ex-wife. Now a judge has sentenced him to 104 hours of community service. He was also placed on three years of informal...
One Colorado woman feels that she is part of a class that is often overlooked: single adults left with little money after a divorce, leading to a life of poverty or homelessness. It's more common than you might think for people in her situation to struggle to be able...
Many years ago, it was very rare to hear about women who were ordered to pay alimony or spousal support to their ex-husbands. But new research shows it's happening much more often, and a recent case involving a well-known actress illustrates the point. Mena Suvari,...
Last August, we told you about supermodel Linda Evangelista's child support dispute with her ex, billionaire Francois-Henri Pinault. She was reportedly seeking $46,000 per month in child support. As they've been continuing the dispute in court, it appears they've...
It probably doesn't occur to anyone donating sperm that they may have to pay child support in the future. In a bizarre instance in another state, that's just what happened. The man was in a relationship with a woman but they never married. Back in 2006, he donated...