3 Key Ways to Keep Child Support Funds FlowingWritten by Detra D. Davis
If you are one of millions of parents who receive sporadic child support payments, here are three strategies you can use to improve untimely receipt of child support payments.Caution: These strategies will not work for everyone, but remember nothing from nothing leaves nothing. 1. If you are to receive child support payments, insist paying parent buy a life insurance policy covering term of payments, naming you as owner and beneficiary. Your “ex” will be unable to change beneficiary without your agreement. Try to have this court ordered at time child support order is established. 2. Take action if delinquent parents are consistently late or refuse to pay child support altogether. You may need an attorney or intervention from your local child support enforcement agency. A measure you may want to take before seeking legal assistance is offering to renegotiate amount of child support order. This may sound unfair, even unheard of, but understand that if amount set by court does not realistically allow paying parent to maintain a decent standard of living, parent is more opt to stop working or leave state. The question you must ask: Is it better to receive a slightly less amount consistently or a larger amount inconsistently or not at all. You and paying parent are only ones who will know if this option would work.
| | Top 5 Best Home-Based Business IdeasWritten by Detra D. Davis
I have been receiving child support payments and back-child support payments for over twenty years. I cannot begin to tell you how child support checks have helped me provide for my daughter. I used a portion of my child support funds to make more money in an effort to provide a better life for my child. If you really give it some thought I am sure you too can come up with a home-based business idea that will help you provide for your family. I created a home-based business because I could not afford to take on a second job; day care was just too costly. These are difficult economic times for all parents but particularly for parents who have only one income. I am a firm believer that single parents must have several streams of income and operating a home-based business is one way to increase your income stream. Consider operating one of 5 home-based businesses. None involve a lot of start-up money and although they won’t make you a millionaire, they will allow you to provide for additional needs of your family. 1.Home work Tutor Do you like to listen to your children read? Are you patient and caring? Do you visit teacher’s store in your area buying little books that can help your own children read, write or do basic math? Would you like to help another child in your neighborhood? If you think you might be interested in helping children with their homework, become a homework tutor. There are busy parents who do not have time to help their own children and would appreciate someone making sure their children understand and complete their homework. Remember parents are not only paying for your willingness to review their child’s home work, they are paying for your time and expertise. Make sure you provide parents with a weekly progress report and ask them to let their child’s teacher know they are working with a homework tutor, so your efforts will not be in vain. 2. Letter Writing Service Several hundred years ago only clergymen and professionals were literate. Today even literate individuals need help writing letters, particularly written complaint letters and letters seeking a resolution or response to a concern. If you enjoy research involved in helping to resolve everyday problems this may be home-based business for you. There is little doubt that you will encounter a wide variety of needs as a professional letter writer and your goal is not to solve a problem but to write in such a way that you bring problem to light. Think carefully about who might need your services and why and remember there is power in pen or in keyboard. 3. Mystery Shopper Can you shop till you drop? Would you like to get paid to shop? This may be home-based business that fits your schedule and fore fills your need to make extra money. Mystery shoppers, also known as secret shoppers have been around for many years. Their purpose is to complete service checks, performance evaluations and frontline evaluations along with other checks and balances requested by company employing mystery shopper. Mystery shoppers enable trained researchers to take a “birds-eye-view” of a shopper’s experience. It also allows management opportunity to quickly and efficiently evaluate their business practices, deliverables, and employees from perspective of a non-bias consumer. If you would like to learn more about becoming a mystery shopper visit: www.nationalshoppingservice.com
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