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Louisiana Divorce Most people who are going through or contemplating a Louisiana divorce are exhausted emotionally and want to move forward. Child Support The Louisiana Family court system has required the use of guidelines for child support. You need a family law attorney in the case that you've settled on the difficult choice to end your marriage.

You may have a strong and emotionally supportive network or you may feel like you're alone amid the most difficult circumstances of your life. In any case, including another advocate is certainly a wise move and one that's significantly more experienced, accomplished and exceptionally qualified family law attorney who has helped many others through the complicated process of separation and divorce.

J. Bourque Law Firm, LLC, in Lafayette, Louisiana, primarily serve clients throughout Lafayette Parish, St. Martin Parish, St. Landry Parish, Iberia Parish, Jefferson Davis Parish and Vermilion Parish, including many in communities such as Crowley, Abbeville, New Iberia, Opelousas, Breaux Bridge, Rayne, Lake Charles, Jennings, Eunice, Church Point, Broussard, Youngsville, Larabee, Scott, Mouton, Ossun, Vatican, Carencro, Arnaudville and St. Martinville.
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Most people who are going through or contemplating a Louisiana divorce are exhausted emotionally and want to move forward.
We will empower you with knowledge and professional guidance to protect you and your children during the resolution of your marriage.
The resolution is ultimately memorialized in a written form called a Judgment or Property Settlement Agreement.
It is essentially a written contract between the parties defining all of their rights and obligations after they are divorced.
Child Visitation (called parenting time in Louisiana), which is awarded to the parent who does not have physical or residential custody.
The Louisiana Family court system has required the use of guidelines for child support.
Today, Louisiana child support guidelines are income-driven.
There is a worksheet prepared which includes three columns.
The court then uses a chart that lists the net incomes and the corresponding support figure for a family with one, two, three, four, and five children.
Your share of the total child-support amount will be in proportion to your share of the total family income.
For example, if your income is 30 percent of the family income and your spouse's income is 70 percent.
Modification of Child Support for existing Court Orders is a change to your prior support or visitation agreement may be necessary if you have a substantial change in employment or living arrangement circumstances.
You may need an increase or decrease in your child support or alimony because of the loss of a job or a new job.
A parent may need to modify their parenting time schedule to fit a growing child's requirements.
When a change in circumstance justifies an increase or decrease in child support or a change in your visitation schedule, our lawyers can help you file a court order modification.
Child custody in the State of Louisiana is based on Louisiana Civil Code - Articles 132 and 134, which provides that custody determinations shall be based upon the best interests of the children.
Legal custody generally means the right to make major life decisions of the child, such as medical decisions, educational decisions, religious upbringing, and general welfare.
Legal custody is generally shared between the parents, unless one of the parents has been abusive or neglectful or it has been proven it is not in the best interest of the child for the parents to share legal custody.
The process of moving children out of State (Louisiana), usually called child relocation or removal, is often confusing.
As a custodial parent, you do not need the court's permission to travel out of state for a vacation, trip or any other temporary reason.
You do need to get the consent of the Court if you wish to move out of state permanently.
If the parent wanting to relocate shows a good faith reason to leave.
Then the burden shifts to the opposing parent to show how relocation is against the best interests of the child.
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