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Pro Se Child Support

Fort Lauderdale Office Offers Do-it-Yourself Child Support Assistance for Broward and Palm Beach County Cases

The majority of family law cases in Broward County, Florida are filed pro se, which means that you represent yourself rather than having a lawyer represent you. The benefit to pro se cases is the savings of costly attorney's fees. The detriment to representing yourself is a lack of knowledge on how to best protect your legal rights. The Law Firm of Rebekah Brown-Wiseman, P.A. located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida offers an innovative solution to help you through the child support process.

Whether you are seeking child support or need to defend yourself in a child support action, you need to understand the law as it pertains to child support. Contact the Fort Lauderdale, Florida Law Office of Rebekah Brown-Wiseman, P.A. for a one-hour appointment to meet with you and explain the intricacies of the child support process.

If you are defending yourself in a child support action, in Broward or Palm Beach County, Florida, a lawyer will explain how to answer the petition that was filed against you. If you desire to establish or modify child support, an attorney will provide you with the forms necessary to initiate your child support action and explain to you how to file your child support case.

A Fort Lauderdale attorney will explain the discovery process and the particulars of child support calculations. You should have a working knowledge of what is included and excluded from your income, how the basic child support obligation is calculated and what expenses can be tacked on above and beyond the basic child support obligation.

The Fort Lauderdale Law Office of Rebekah-Brown-Wiseman, P.A. can run child support calculations for you based upon your net income, the net income of your child's other parent, the amount of timeshare you spend with your child and the amount of specific child expenses including health care insurance, out-of-pocket health care expenses and daycare expenses. It is essential to know the amount of child support that is proper for your case and how this amount was determined. Contact an attorney at the Fort Lauderdale, Florida Law Office of Rebekah Brown-Wiseman, P.A. today for assistance with your child support case in Broward or palm Beach County, Florida.