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Special Needs Trust and its Affect on Child Support
This appeal addresses the issue of whether creation of a special needs trust can justify the elimination of the obligation to pay child support to the primary residential parent of a special needs child. The Appellate Division concluded that while a party may utilize a special needs trust to take advantage of government programs to lessen the burden on the parent to provide support and medical assistance, the facts of this case do not support a concurrent application to eliminate child support. Bond v. Bond, December 22, 2011
Business Loan Income and Child Support
When calculating child support the Appellate Division determined the Guidelines recognize that personal income from the operation of a business includes all income and potential cash flow resulting from loans taken from the business and should be captured when calculating personal income for Guideline analysis. Rindner v. Bloir, New Jersey App. Div.,April 29, 2011
Cost of Living Adjustment and Child Support
Under New Jersey law child support is subject to periodic modification. One kind is biannual (every 2 years) based on changes in the cost of living. Another kind is triannual (every 3 years) based on altered economic circumstances. Gallucci v. Gallucci, New Jersey App. Div., July 7, 2010
Applying the Child Support Guidelines
The trial court may have erred calculating child support by using the federal income tax definition of adjusted gross income rather than adjusted gross taxable income as directed by the New Jersey Child Support Guidelines. Read the rest of this entry »
