On Behalf of Law Office of Michael D. Tracton, P.C. | Dec 25, 2012 | Child Support
Houston native Brandon LaFell, a wide receiver for the National Football League’s Carolina Panthers, was recently the subject of a dispute over the financial welfare of a toddler. A Texas woman brought a child support enforcement claim against LaFell for the...
On Behalf of Law Office of Michael D. Tracton, P.C. | Dec 20, 2012 | Child Support
Former, flamboyant San Antonio Spurs, Chicago Bulls and Detroit Pistons basketball player Dennis Rodman does not make the millions of dollars today that he once did as a star power forward in the National Basketball Association. Rodman’s past still influences...
On Behalf of Law Office of Michael D. Tracton, P.C. | Dec 6, 2012 | Child Support
Sometimes a parent who fails to pay child support has a reason for not making payments. Expensive health issues and loss of employment are common problems associated with delinquent child support debt. But nonpayment of child support can have serious consequences,...
On Behalf of Law Office of Michael D. Tracton, P.C. | Nov 15, 2012 | Child Support
Reports about the collection efforts of the Child Support Division of the Texas Office of the Attorney General are probably better known than some of the other services the agency provides. Modification of support agreements is also available for noncustodial parents...
On Behalf of Law Office of Michael D. Tracton, P.C. | Nov 8, 2012 | Child Support
A two-day sweep in the Rio Grande Valley resulted in the arrest of more than a dozen men. Fifteen people were charged with failure to pay child support. Authorities from the Texas attorney general’s office said the men owed more than $391,000 in support...
On Behalf of Law Office of Michael D. Tracton, P.C. | Oct 24, 2012 | Child Support
There are two reasons 460,000 noncustodial Texas parents did not live up to the financial obligations they owed their children in 2011: Parents could not afford to pay child support or refused to make the payments.State officials said about 40 percent of parents...
On Behalf of Law Office of Michael D. Tracton, P.C. | Oct 10, 2012 | Child Support
Divorced parents who are not primary custodians of their children sometimes dislike the regimented scheduling, time constraints and brevity of visitations. When ex-spouses feel minimized by a parent-child relationship, bitterness can sometimes lead a withdrawal of...
On Behalf of Law Office of Michael D. Tracton, P.C. | Sep 25, 2012 | Child Support
The global recession and its aftermath have been hard on wage earners. Competition for hard-to-get jobs is fierce. Members of one group — single mothers – are often forced into taking multiple, low-wage jobs to meet minimum living costs. Even then, some...
On Behalf of Law Office of Michael D. Tracton, P.C. | Jul 25, 2012 | Child Support
Is sending a Texas parent to jail for failure to pay child support a good idea? Some analysts think incarcerating a mother or father is an extreme punishment for parents who may have the motivation, but not the ability, to make things right.Others believe that a...
On Behalf of Law Office of Michael D. Tracton, P.C. | Jun 27, 2012 | Child Support
A window of opportunity has opened for Texas dads who suspect they are not the biological fathers of the children to whom they pay support. The reprieve in the state Family Code offers doubting dads until the end of August to ask courts for paternity tests. Fathers...
