CHILD SUPPORT OBLIGATIONS

Child Support Obligations

[Name of Constitution]Child Support Obligations

Introduction

In family law, child support or child maintenance refers to the period payments made to financially support the children by the parents. Historically it is the obligation of the biological parents to support their children until they reach the age of majority where they could self-sustain an appropriate lifestyle. But the emergence of non-traditional ways of relationship such as same sex marriages pose a new challenge as to determine the basis of child support obligation. This paper aims at discussing the various aspects of child support obligations and considerations in order to answer ...