Cherry Hill Child Support Attorney

Child Support Lawyer for Cherry Hill, New Jersey and Surrounding Areas

If you need legal assistance with a child support matter in or around Cherry Hill, it is advisable to seek the services of a competent and reliable family lawyer. You will find such an attorney at the Law Offices of Tejal V. Patel. As a Cherry Hill child support lawyer, Attorney Tejal V. Patel offers personalized attention to all her clients. This translates into the availability of evening and weekend appointments, the prompt return of your phone calls and emails, and compassionate and ethical standards of practice at affordable rates. It is strongly urged that you contact her for a free initial consultation as soon as possible so that she may begin helping you with your child support issue and concerns.

Child Support in New Jersey

Under New Jersey law, both parents are responsible for financially supporting their children. In determining child support in New Jersey, the method of "income shares" is used. This means that the basis of child support is the combined income of both parents. If the child support payments and schedule cannot be resolved by the parents, then the court will make a decision on the matter based on a number of factors. These factors may include the needs of the child, the standard of living established by the parents, the parents' financial circumstances, the income sources for both parents, the earning power of the parents based on their education, training, work experience, work skills, and their responsibilities for child care, the ages and health of both parents and children, their debts and liabilities, and other factors.   

Child support is a divorce issue that can be resolved outside of court. Through her practice in divorce mediation and collaborative law, Cherry Hill child support attorney Tejal V. Patel has helped many couples avoid the costly, lengthy, and antagonistic conventional divorce process. The advantages of her approach to the resolution of child support issues is that it gives you control in the decision-making process as opposed to the dictates of a court-mandated decision.