Seeking Financial Contribution Towards Child Related Expenses in Addition to Child Support

February 13th, 2020 by Tiffany Hughes

Whether or not you were married, if you have a child with someone, you are entitled to financial assistance from the other parent to support your minor child. In Illinois, all parents have the obligation to provide for the reasonable and necessary physical, mental, emotional, and healthcare needs of their minor child. Unless the other parent voluntarily provides you with money every month for the support of your child, you will likely seek court intervention ordering the other parent to pay child support. However, many people are unclear on what their monthly child support is supposed to be used for.

What Is the Purpose of Child Support?

Child support is supposed to cover your child’s basic necessities, such as costs for food, clothing, and living costs for your minor child. Even if the other parent is concerned about how you are using your child support funds each month, please keep in mind that as long as the parent receiving the child support is meeting all of the child’s needs, then there is not an issue. The parent paying child support has little control over how the other parent is spending the child support as long as the minor child’s needs are being met. If you are paying child support to the other parent, and your child’s needs are not being met, contact The Law Office of Tiffany M. Hughes today to help you seek court intervention to ensure the other parent is properly providing for your child.

What Are Child Related Expenses?

Raising a child is very expensive and parents know that there are many additional expenses they must pay for their child in addition to covering their child’s basic necessities. Child related expenses, which child support is not intended to cover, includes but is not limited to, the cost of daycare, the cost for before and after school care, out of pocket medical expenses, your child’s health insurance premium, fees for extracurricular activities, fees for summer camp, and fees for educational expenses such as registration fees, field trips and school supplies. If you are incurring additional child related expenses, you can ask the court to order the other parent to contribute towards these expenses, in addition to any child support you may be receiving.

Call Us Today

If you are not receiving support from the other parent for any child related expenses, it is imperative that you consult with an attorney to ensure that you are receiving all the financial support that your child is entitled to. The family law attorneys at The Law Office of Tiffany M. Hughes are highly experienced in obtaining additional financial support for you in court and will ensure you are receiving the maximum amount of child support you are entitled to. For more information on how the family law attorneys at The Law Office of Tiffany M. Hughes, P.C. can help you receive the maximum amount of child support and additional funds for child related expenses, contact us to schedule your complementary consultation today at 773-893-0228.

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