RSSJanuary, 2015 - Chicago Illinois Family Law Blog Archive
The Value of Spousal Support after a Separation
In Illinois, spousal support is known as “spousal maintenance.” It is the financial assistance that one spouse provides the other after a divorce. Depending on the financial situation of each spouse and the length of the separation process, maintenance may even begin during the divorce. How long it continues after the divorce and how much one spouse will have to pay the other depends on a number of factors.
Spouses are typically allowed to negotiate the value of spousal support. However, a judge will step in and make decisions for the spouses if the issue becomes contentious. Before January of 2015, judges in Illinois had room for a lot of discretion when determining how much support should be given, but that has changed.
State Tells Parents who are Behind on Child Support to Pay Up
When a parent falls behind on child support payments, the government has ways to help the custodial parent to get that money. For example, if someone is overdue on child support and then wins a significant amount of money at a local casino, the authorities can step in and collect those winnings. According to a news report in The Chicago Sun Times, The Child Support Intercept program collected over $120,000 in gambling winnings from delinquent parents since it began in the fall of 2014.
The Child Support Intercept program is a coordinated joint effort between the Illinois Gaming Board and the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services. They have the authority to intercept winnings once they become aware that someone who owes money on child support has earned enough to fill out a W2G tax form. A specified maximum is withheld after taxes and that amount can be sent to the family.
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