Child Support Attorney

Are You Engaged in a Child Support Matter Involving Another Country?

Child support can be a vital matter in the health and happiness of a child. Without it, a parent can be handicapped in providing the food, clothing, environment and activities the child needs to mature and succeed in life. Establishing the child support obligation may be complicated where a responsible parent lives in another country. There legal rules and procedures of enforcement differ putting the normal attorney at a loss as to how to proceed. It is then that one seeking child support from a foreign national needs to seek the services of a child support attorney skilled in child support from foreign parents.

Child Support Determination

A non-custodial parent has a duty of child support until the child reaches the age of majority. The level of child support is a matter based on the needs of the child and the varying financial capacities of the parents. Where the parents have been married and then separate, the determination is part of the divorce proceeding. But where the parents are not married, child support is set by an independent action. Where parent denies being the father, the issue of paternity is also dealt with.

If the responsible parent lives outside the country it is still possible to resolve the matter in the custodial parent's home court if jurisdiction over the foreign parent can be obtained. But if that is not possible, it may be necessary for the custodial parent's attorney to go to the foreign country. There the issue of child support will be resolved under the law of the foreign land. If obligation has already been set in a home court, it is the task of the child support attorney to gain the cooperation of the foreign court to respect the home court's decision and lend its enforcement powers.

Child Support Lawyer Reaching Across Borders

We at the Law Offices of Brian D. Perskin are veterans at dealing with foreign child support matters. We go wherever is needed to enforce child support obligations. Our international child support team is composed of hardworking, skilled and dedicated professionals. We seek to back you up with friendly service and relentless action. Our goal is accomplishing the justice your child needs no matter where the responsible parent lives.

Contact a child support attorney at the firm for a consultation.