You can call or visit your county court house, it must be the county where you live. They should have a child support enforcement office located there, in the building. They can help you with all of the steps that need to be taken.
If you are applying for help at your social services department, again in your county of residence, they also can help you with collecting child support from the absent parent.
By CRYSTAL from Zebulon, NC
If your ex was awarded a settlement from disability and you were awarded all your back child support in court, can the child advocate take it upon themselves to half that money up with another child obligation even though you have a court ordered paper saying it goes to you?
This is a very serious Legal matter that can only be settled by an attorney as you have 2 "agencies" to deal with and only an attorney will know your rights in this case and it may have to go back to court to be settled.
My husband was ordered to pay child support and left the country. Can I collect anything from his social security benefits? If so when? Thank you.
By dimitra from Lilburn, GA
If your question is left unanswered visit your state's Department of Family Services.
Do you mean left your part of the US or left for another country? If he left for another country, you might have major problems. If you and he live in seperate states, that isn't real good either. My daughter has had trouble with child support from her "ex." States don't want to go after the absent parent unless they are between $5,000-$10,000 behind, because of the expense of bring them back to the state where the divorce and child support order took place.
"States don't want to go after the absent parent unless they are between $5,000-$10,000 behind, because of the expense of bring them back to the state where the divorce and child support order took place."
This statement is not true. Domestic Relations will persue any case regardless of the amount owed. Moreover, because all of the states' domestic relations departments are interconnected with the Social Security Employer database there is no need for them to bring in the defendent into a particular state for a hearing. Employers are required to report all new hires and their SS numbers and this information is fed into a database that will bring up any judgements against them (like a child support order). Pay garnishment would be automatic. Also, if there is any tax refund owed to him, that will be attached automatically as well.
If he is paid under that table or if he left the country that would be a different issue until he is located.
You need to contact social security and the attorney general in your state to learn what the law is in your case and what your rights are. You may want to contact an attorney.
It is not a felony unless the back support is at least $5,000. There are other circumstances that will make it a felony at that level also, but it is not an automatic felony at that point. You used to have to sign up for the tax check to be given to you, but I received one this year again now. If your ex is out of the country he will likely not be forced to pay. It is difficult to get other countries to accept foreign warrants. Good luck and don't give up.
Our divorce decree states that the father pays $2300 a month in child support of minor children until the youngest reaches age of 18. No where does it say it decreases as each child reaches 18. It only states he pays that amount until youngest is 18.
As each child once 18 will spend 4-5 years in college and can't support themselves or pay their car insurance and car that I have pay for. Please clarify?I married and divorced my wife in California. I had a child support order at that time. I remarried my wife in Nevada and was told that to remarry her in Nevada, she had to dismiss the California child support order from our previous marriage. California now claims the old order is still in effect. Is this correct?
By Jerry Mattingly from Sacramento, CA
Have you asked an attorney about any of this? That seems like the best starting point to me.
Are you sure it is not talking about back child support? That would still be owed because that is money that is supposed to be used to feed, clothe & house the child with the assumption that the custodial parent is doing their 1/2 (or whatever % is theirs) so if money is not paid in it is like the custodial parent gave a loan.
I am confused :-( You're going to or did you already remarry the same woman in Nevada? Either way, why don't you just have her file in California court (shouldn't be difficult since it shows here that you live in Sacramento) to have the support dismissed? If it's back child support you will most likely need a lawyer but don't get your hopes up if she collected state assistance after divorce because California won't forgive that debt.
No back child support was owed. Nevada just said they wouldn't marry us with a previous court order.
There's a specific form your wife must sign to rescind the child support order. If she didn't sign it, unfortunately, the order stands. Ask your California CSEA how to go about this, and congrats on earning her love back. God bless you both.
My friend's disabled daughter is 30, works, and gets state aid and he is still required to pay child support. She still lives with her mom and does have the mental capabilities to tend to herself. She even has a boyfriend that wants to marry her, but mother says no because she would lose the finacial help. How can he get free of this? He lost his job and they are taking him to court. He is $1,800 behind and sinking.
By Sharon E
Their mother reopened the case 3 years after the last son turned 18. The son has been paying the back child support because he doesn't want his father going to jail. The father lost his job two years ago and lives with his older son. The court hearing is in a few days, do you think they will throw it out or do you think the son is going to have to pay the rest of it?
By John
According to Social Security your ex wife will receive SS benefits sooner if you have a kid that is 16 years old below.
In my case, we have a 2yr old kid and I'm also paying a child support. Will my ex wife receive SS benefits at the same time with the child support?
I am trying to collect child support from my stepdaughter, but she's on SSI. I know they won't touch it, but she's also working. Will child support take payments from her work check even if she's on SSI? I have been raising her 7 year old son for his whole life with no help from anyone. Even the state won't help because I'm not his biological grandma.
I also have 3 children myself I don't know what else to do. She thinks this is funny and sent me a text when she received the paperwork saying, "Haha nice try, but I get SSI they aren't going to make me pay". I just don't know where else to turn.I recently found out that my grandmother was getting a child support check for me and I wasn't in her care nor custody so I have never seen the money. Is there anyway to get that money now that I am aware of these actions?
My child is an adult and no longer lives with me. Her father owes back pay in child support that he is paying it out of his SSI.
Will my daughter receive the check with her name on it because she is an adult or will I?
