Jacksonville attorneys and Jacksonville Area Legal Aid continue to make the news for all of the great things they are accomplishing. In a recent article, the economy's affect on child support payments has gotten some attention.

With many people experiencing job loss due to the economy, some parents have fallen behind in child support payments. They are at risk of having their driver’s license suspended or of being held in contempt of court for nonpayment, thereby exacerbating their problems. Jacksonville Area Legal Aid has been inundated with child support modification requests and simply cannot handle the caseload. Two Jacksonville area attorneys, Marla Buchanan, a Rogers Towers attorney and chair of the Family Law Section of The JBA, and Jamie Ibrahim, a family law staff attorney with JALA, have teamed up to combat this ever-increasing issue by creating a new group assistance opportunity, the Child Support Modification Clinic at JALA. The purpose of this clinic is to provide general guidance to persons who believe they have had a substantial change in circumstances since their most recent Child Support Order and would like to request a modification. Participants receive information on how to file their own petitions for .... click HERE for the full article.