Child Support Consultants is an Arkansas law firm dedicated to getting you the level of child support your children deserve. We will make sure that your children get every dollar that they are entitled to under Arkansas law. We can look for hidden income, extra income, analyze overtime, benefits, and more to make sure your children are getting their fair share. We know raising children is expensive and most parents did not expect to have to do it on one income. Clothes, food, medical expenses, dental bills, school supplies, and extra-curricular actives are all more expensive every year. However, most divorce decrees do not include an automatic increase provision based on inflation, increased expenses, or even increased income. CSC will assist you in re-evaluating your current child support and seek an upward adjustment. Your children are worth it.

Our services will be tailored to your individual situation.

Late Pay/ Slow Pay/ Arrearages

Is your former spouse a month or more behind in his support payments? Is he routinely late or slow in making payments as ordered by the Court? You might be surprised how effective a letter from an attorney informing him that he must immediately become current in his payments can be. While not 100% guaranteed, many times a letter is all it takes to get support payments up to date. For a nominal fee, CSC will write a letter to your former spouse explaining in very clear terms that he must obey the divorce decree, must pay timely, and must do so now.

If your former spouse refuses to pay, or is months behind, or is making partial payments, we encourage you to use the services of the Office of Child Support Enforcement. The have investigators and attorneys who work full time to help you and your children recover the child support payments that have been ordered. However, although they are thorough and professional, OCSE, like many state agencies, is overwhelmed. They may be unable to begin your case for months, and cannot give every client as much individual attention as they need. However, their services are free, and in many instances are are parents only resource.

CSC believes that time is of the essence. We will tell your former spouse that he has ten days to begin reducing the arrearages and provide us with a plan how he intends to pay the rest. We will explain in clear terms that if we do not hear from him, a contempt petition may follow. We mean it. If you employ our full services, there is no reason to wait weeks or months hoping that the money will appear. Although each case is unique, there is no reason for second warnings, and contempt should quickly follow where there is no compliance.

A common question is whether you will have to go to court. Many times, when a former spouse knows he has no valid defense, a show cause order from a circuit judge will be adequate to encourage compliance with the previous court order. Of course, in some situations, he sincerely cannot pay in one lump sum. With your approval, we can reach a settlement to bring the arreages up to date in a binding  settlement agreement, which will eventually be made a court order. This can all be done without the necessity of going to court. Better still, part of any such agreement may be that your former spouse will be liable for our attorney's fees.

Modification of Support

As discussed earlier, children are expensive. Most child support orders do not incorporate changes based on inflation, changed circumstances, raises, unexpected medical problems, and your children's special needs. If you believe that your spouse is making 20% more money you are entitled to a modification of support to reflect his income. At CSC we will use the legal discovery process to make sure your children are getting their fair share. Again, many times this can be done without going to court, as we do not seek anything that you are not legally entitled to receive.

Retainer

Hiring an attorney is not without expense. At CSC one of our goals is to use our time as efficiently as possible to keep your bills to a minimum. We do this in a variety of ways. First, if all you need is a letter from us, we charge a flat $50.00 fee. If the letter proves insufficient, it will be credited against any future costs. Next, we are in the business of providing you with excellent legal advice and services, not hounding you over unpaid bills. If you employ our services, we request a $500.00 retainer. Of course if our services end up costing less than the retainer, the remainder will be returned to you. Additionally, we will make every effort to have your attorney's fees assessed against your former spouse whenever allowed. Our rates are reasonable and consistent, $100 per hour. Most cases can be completed in under five hours, and most cases do not have to go to court. We will always provide a detailed billing statement.

Contacting Us

If you are interested in our services, email us with a short description of your needs. Although most cases can be handled through email, we can meet at a time convenient for you.

Our email addresss is: childsupportconsultants@gmail.com

We know that the #1 complaint clients have about their attorney is that they do not return phone calls. We will make every effort to return you call or email within 24 hours.