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How to Deal With an Unreliable Parent
In Indiana a child visitation schedule is made with the interest of the child as most important in the equation. Parent-child time is looked at as the right of the child, not the parent. When a visitation agreement cannot be maintained, it may need to be modified by the court. A parent who regularly prepares [...]

Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston Child Custody Update
UPDATE from huffingtonpost.com. July 14, 2010: Sarah and Todd Palin said in a statement on NBC’s “Today” show Tuesday that they want what’s best for their children and that Bristol believes in “redemption and forgiveness.” And it seems Bristol blames her mom for their initial breakup. In a newly released People interview, Bristol says that [...]

Child Support Gold-Diggers
Carey Roberts writes about paternity fraud, for example: “Consider the paternity scam. Here’s how it works: Find any dim-witted man to get you pregnant. Then look up the name of some unsuspecting Joe who’s got a steady job – it doesn’t matter that you never met the poor bloke. Put his name on the baby’s [...]

Challenges of the Adoption Process
Adoption can be very difficult for all parties involved. Of course everyone’s main interest should be the child, but there are times when things just don’t go the way you might think. For example, when a child is placed in a foster home what happens when the child gets attached? I know of woman who [...]

Contact the Law Offices of Tony Zirkle at any of our four Indiana locations if you need advice and representation concerning paternity, the support of a child of unmarried parents, if you have been alleged to be the father of a child that you believe is not your own, or if you are a single father who would like to stabilize your access to a child who lives with his or her mother. Indianapolis paternity and child support attorney Tony Zirkle knows the procedures of Indiana paternity law, and can represent either fathers or mothers who need help with protecting their rights.

Either the mother or the State of Indiana can initiate proceedings to establish the paternity of a child. These cases are usually started so that child support can be collected from an unmarried father. The identity of the father is proved through DNA testing. Once a particular man's paternity is established, the Indiana Child Support Guidelines are applied in much the same way they are in divorce cases, with one important exception: no credit for parenting time is given simply because the man was proved to be the child's father. As a result, 100 percent of the guidelines amount (based on the income or imputed income of both parents) will be charged to the father, including back child support obligations.

Do you or a loved one need help regarding paternity issues? Contact our Columbia paternity lawyers today!

If the father wants to establish regular visitation and parenting time, or even obtain custody of the child, he will need to file a counterclaim in the paternity lawsuit or begin a separate proceeding in family court to establish a parenting time schedule. The more overnight contact the father has with his child, the more he can have credited in order to reduce the amount of child support payments.

An attorney's help might also be necessary to negotiate payment plans or reductions to take care of what are sometimes very substantial arrearages in child support. Failure to pay child support, whether in a divorce or a paternity case, can be punished as a criminal offense, and can also affect a father's driver's license, professional license, or fishing and hunting license. At the Law Offices of Tony Zirkle, our experience with the resolution of paternity and child support issues can make a significant difference in the outcome of your case. Contact Indiana paternity lawyer Tony Zirkle for additional information about your options and legal alternatives, whether your problem involves child support or establishing secure and stable access to your child.

Do you or a loved one need help regarding paternity issues? Contact our Columbia paternity lawyers today!

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