Child Support

Hammond, Indiana, Child Support Lawyers

Most child support payment schedules and amounts are dictated by Indiana state statute and guidelines. Therefore, it is important to have an attorney that is intimately familiar with the Indiana State Child Support Statutes. At Efron, Efron & Yahne, in Hammond, Indiana, our child support lawyers have extensive experience working with parents to safeguard the best interests of their children.

Knowledgeable Indiana Child Support Lawyers

The parent that does not have physical custody may be ordered to pay child support to the parent that does have physical custody of the child. Child support is based upon each parent's gross income, whether a parent pays health insurance, day care expenses, child support for children from another marriage, and whether either parent has subsequent children. The Court also calculates child support keeping in mind how often the non-custodial parent regularly visits with their child on overnight visits. Although child support is usually ordered on a weekly basis, it will more than likely be paid in accordance with the obligor's pay schedule. This is the effect of a Wage Withholding Order.

Normally, the non-custodial parent will pay child support until the child is 21 years old. There are exceptions:

• If the court finds that the child is incapacitated, child support can be extended past his or her 21st birthday.
• If the court finds that the child has turned eighteen years of age, has graduated high school with no plans of attending college, is not enrolled in a post-secondary school for the prior four months and is capable of supporting him or herself OR married or joined the armed services or is not under the control of either parent, the child may be emancipated before the child's 21st birthday. 

Child support can be modified by a Court approved agreement or by Court order when there has been a substantial change of circumstances, pursuant to statute or for other reasons that your attorney may explain after consultation.

Contact our Indiana Child Support Attorneys

If you are involved in a divorce or need a post-divorce modification of a child support order, please contact the Indiana child support lawyers at Efron, Efron & Yahne. Our attorneys can be reached by phone at [219] 931-5380, by e-mail, or by filling out the intake form on our Contact Us page.

Efron, Efron & Yahne in Hammond, Indiana, handles child support matters for clients throughout Northwest Indiana, Lake County, Porter County, and the Chicago area including the cities of Whiting, East Chicago, Gary, Portage, Munster, Valparaiso, Highland, Griffith, Schererville, Crown Point, Dyer, St. John, Merrillville, Hobart, and Cedar Lake.