Montana Child Support

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Divorce is painful when it involves children. The breaking of a marital relationship is always sad; but the pain increases when children have to suffer the consequences of this phase. Many times family members have to go through financial crisis. As such money or finance is an important relevant topic. In the USA many single parents find it difficult to meet the expenses of families after their divorces. As a result the child does not get adequate financial and emotional support. The federal government in the USA requires every state to have its own child support laws that will protect the financial rights of such a child. Montana has chalked out guidelines with the same purpose in view. Family courts order Montana divorce child support amount while focusing on a number of factors and the parents have to act accordingly.

Sometimes child support is also ordered by the Montana Child Support Enforcement Division. A number of vital factors are taken into considering before calculating the support amount. These are:

• The ages of the children
• The medical, emotional and educational requirements of the children
• The time the children spend with each parent
• The financial resources of the children
• If the parents were living together as a family, the standard of living the child would have experienced
• Income or the financial resources of each parent

This issue props up when one of the parents lives in another state. In such circumstances also, the child support staff in Montana can offer child maintenance services. Amongst all the 50 states in the US, non comparable child support offices have made agreements as per which they can collaborate on the following issues.

• To collect and distribute child maintenance payments
• To establish and enforce child subsidy orders
• Establishing paternity
• Locating non-custodial parents

The office of child support can deposit the payments directly in the bank account of the recipient. Another method is by issuing paper checks. It has been observed in a majority of cases that this office processes and distributes the payments within one day of its receipt.

In the recent past (May 2003), this state has introduced MAC (Montana Access Card) to distribute these payments. In this method, the office deposits the payments of each recipient directly in an account of a debit card. The recipient may then utilize the card at ATM machines and other points of sale to access the payments.

From 11th January 2010 onwards, the CSED (Child Support Enforcement Division) ceased the use of MAC and introduced the U.S. Bank ReliaCard Visa for payments. When this Division gets a payment, a ReliaCard would be created and mailed to the recipient. Any payments in the future would also be posted to this card. So, it was requested that MAC card holders should withdraw all the remnant balance. It may be noted that the MAC card would be continued as a valid method for the following:

• Beneficiaries of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (food stamps)
• Beneficiaries of TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families)

• Let us consider a person who does not receive public assistance under TANF (Temporary Assistance to Needy Families). This person is eligible to apply for services of TANF. In the case of such a person, the collections of child maintenance amount are forwarded to the custodial parent.
• If the non-custodial parent lives in Montana and the custodial parent in another state, then the other states refer cases to this state.
• Let us think of a person who is a recipient of public assistance under TANF. The case of this person is automatically referred to CSED. The condition of TANF is that the support owed to the family must be allocated to the state automatically. The welfare benefits paid to the family are reimbursed to the federal and state governments by means of support amounts.
• In case of foster care placements, the CSED collects parental contributions.

After learning all these information about Montana divorce child support, we are sure you will shoulder your parental responsibilities in a legal manner. Think of your child's well-being first and then give preference to any other matter. Try to build a good relationship with your ex-spouse so that both of you can increase your involvement in the child's upbringing effectively.

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