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Those parents in Alberta, Canada who have been dodging their child support payments will soon face much more strict penalties.

The pentalties include a new, special interest rate on owed child support and a new special investigation team. The team will be responsible for tracking down parents that  hide their income or work under the table in an effort to avoid paying child support. 

The investigative unit will have 6 officers and 6 detectives in place by this summer. They will not, however, be the first special unit. There are currently several other groups designed to target parents not paying their child support.

If you are considering a divorce and need an experienced divorce attorney, contact the San Diego divorce lawyers of Fischer & Van Thiel at 760-722-7646.

A New Hampshire woman was sentenced this week on a charge of felony non-support, after admitting in court that she owed nearly $18,500 in unpaid child-support. Samantha Bilodeau, of Manchester, was sentenced to two to four years in prison, but suspended the sentence for five years, excluding just over 200 days of time served. Bilodeau will serve five years of probation under the supervision of child support services.

Bilodeau’s arrest is just another sign of a rising trend in which wives pay child support to their former husbands.

For assistance with child support and child custody matters, contact San Diego family lawyers Fischer & Van Thiel at 760-722-7646.

According to a recent study by Statistics Canada, men suffer more emotional effects from divorce than do women. The study reported that newly divorced men were 6 times more likely to suffer from depression than their married counterparts, while women were just over 3 times as likely to suffer the same symptoms.

Though the 10 year long study was not designed to identify the cause of this gender discrepancy, it did mention that divorce tends to cause major life changes, such as loss of child custody, crumbling of social networks, and financial troubles.

Going through divorce is tough for almost everyone. Let an experienced San Diego divorce lawyer guide you through this difficult process. Call Fischer & Van Thiel today at 760-722-7646.

A couple has reached an undisclosed settlement in a divorce lawsuit in which the wife claimed that her husband had tried to poison her with arsenic.

Cristy Kaiser, 42, claimed that her husband, Louis Kaiser had been systematically attempting to poison her for three years since 2003. Her lawyer said that Louis, an industrial safety expert, had easy access to arsenic in his line of work. Louis Kaiser’s lawyer countered that Cristy had been addicted to pain medication and was twisting the truth.

Divorce proceedings can easily and quickly turn ugly. If your marriage is ending, seek the legal counsel of an experienced San Diego divorce lawyer today by calling Fischer & Van Thiel at 760-722-7646.

After his plans to have a sex change became public, the wife of a Florida city manager is pushing for divorce.    She filed for divorce last February, after her husband, Steve Stanton, announced his intentions to become a woman.  The news became public at the time and he was fired from his job.

Steve Stanton is now living as a woman, Susan, and plans to have her final sex change operation this spring.  The split between husband and wife has been described as “expected” and negotiations have been amicable.  Since her job loss over the sex change announcement, Susan has applied for more than one hundred positions in city management positions and interviewed for several top jobs.

If you or anyone else you know is in need of help with a divorce, please contact the San Diego divorce lawyers at Fischer & Van Thiel at 760.722.7646 for help with your case.