New SmartCoparent Feature Enhancement: 

Make indirect support payments or direct payments to Your Co-Parent,  the choice is yours.

SmartCoparent lets payers make indirect payments while keeping the non-custodial parent informed

Our new function allows for non-custodial parents to initiate payments either directly to support recipients, or to third parties.

• Our new initiate payment functions uses PayPal’s world class person-to-person payment service.

• Support payers can now initiate payments directly to support recipients, without requiring a support payment request.

• Payers can now send payments to any third party. Payments made this way will update both SmartCoparent’s support payer and payee expense and payment dashboards.

How to initiate direct support payments on SmartCoparent

How to initiate indirect support payments on SmartCoparent

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If a support payer often resists paying support directly, it may be a better option to have certain expenses be paid indirectly to a third party. Read our article on why people resist making support payments here.

*Check the divorce decree or stipulation agreement to determine whether there is language involving direct support. If your case went to trial, a judge may have declared that support be paid directly.

In most cases however, miscellaneous support payments can be paid indirectly. Talk with your co-parent and see if arranging indirect support payments can help encourage a more peaceful co-parenting financial relationship.

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