Child Support Lawyer in Darien, CT
Comprehensive Family Law Solutions Tailored for Darien Residents
When it comes to family law matters in the Darien, CT area, it's important to have a reliable team on your side. At Ferro, Battey & Eucalitto, LLC, our family law firm offers a variety of legal services. When it comes to a divorce or separation, children may be involved. When this occurs, child custody and child support are topics that often need to be discussed. In some cases, the parents in the relationship can determine child custody and support agreements without using the courts. However, often the parents cannot agree on desirable terms and a reliable legal team needs to intervene.
Our child support lawyers will fight for you to get the desired results. When determining child support, the court will consider the financial abilities of the parents as well as the needs of the child. Other factors include the age and health of the parties; each parent’s earning capacity; the division of property, assets, and debts; and more. Let our team help fight for you.
Filing for Divorce?
If you are filing for divorce in the Darien, CT area, trust the divorce lawyers at Ferro, Battey & Eucalitto, LLC. Our team has years of experience with family law matters. We understand the ins and outs of divorce, separation, and appeals, as well as other issues that may be in your case such as alimony, child custody, property division, and more.
If you are thinking about divorcing your spouse, contact our family law firm today. No matter the reason for the divorce, our divorce lawyers can help you throughout the process, ensuring it goes as smoothly and civilly as possible and helping you obtain the desired outcome. Contact us today and let us help you navigate through this difficult time.
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Have Questions?
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What is joint custody?
There are two types of joint custody: joint legal custody and joint physical custody. Legal custody concerns the parents’ ability to make major decisions for their children. Major decisions include health, education, and religious decisions. If parents have joint legal custody, the parents are required to agree on all major decisions for their children.
Physical custody addresses when the children are with each parent. If the parents have joint physical custody, each parent spends time with the children. In some cases, parents may have shared physical custody, which means the children spend approximately half the time with each parent.
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What is alimony?Alimony is a court-ordered payment from one party to another. There are several factors that come into play when determining if one party should be granted alimony including, but not limited to, the length of the marriage, the amount and sources of income, and the causes for the breakdown of the marriage. Connecticut does not have alimony guidelines, which means that the decision to award alimony, including the duration and the amount, is entirely in the judge’s discretion.
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What is the difference between a divorce and a legal separation?Both a legal separation and divorce will change the status of your relationship. However, a divorce will end your marriage, and a legal separation will not. Both terms are similar but the outcome in each is different. In both, the court will divide the parties’ property and enter alimony and child support orders. Unlike divorce if spouses are legally separated, they are not free to remarry. Spouses may elect a legal separation over divorce for religious reasons or to keep certain financial benefits. A legal separation can always be converted into a divorce. Converting a legal separation into a divorce effectively requires the parties to repeat the process they went through to get legally separated. For that reason, legal separation is rare; divorce is far more common.
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What are the grounds for a “fault” divorce?
The fault grounds for divorce include adultery, fraudulent contract, desertion, alcohol or drug addiction, intolerable cruelty, imprisonment, and others. To get divorced, one party must establish one of these grounds. It is uncommon for one party to ask for a divorce on a fault-based ground.
A party does not need to file for divorce on a fault-based ground, however, to argue that the court should consider the other party’s fault. The court may consider the fault of either party when making alimony and property division orders.
