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Child Support Collections



Establishing Child Support
The first step in establishing child support collections (payments) is to attain a legal court order for child support.


In setting up a child support order, the court will determine the amount of money to be paid by the non-custodial parent each month. This amount will be based upon the pre-established child support guidelines that are designated by each state. These guidelines take into consideration such factors as the financial needs of the child, the custodial situation, and the economic resources of both parents.

If the child is in foster care, the court order may determine that both parents are bound to pay child support. Most states also require that health insurance coverage be provided for children; therefore the court order for child support may also include a provision outlining the medical support for the children.

Child Support Collections
These days, income withholding is the preferred method of child support collection in most states. This method allows the non-custodial parent’s employer to automatically deduct child support payments from his or her paycheck just as income taxes are deducted. These funds are then sent directly to the state’s child support collections agency for disbursement to the custodial parent.

Collecting Past Due Child Support Payments
In addition to income withholding, most states can also utilize other methods for enforcing a court order for child support and collecting past due child support payments. These methods include credit bureau reporting, establishing liens against real and personal property; license denial or suspension, revoking passports; intercepting tax refunds, lottery winnings, unemployment funds, or workers’ compensation payments; garnishing bank accounts, and enforcement through the courts.

1.Consumer Credit Bureau Reporting: When a non-custodial parent owes past due child support payments, the state child support agency may report this delinquency to the consumer credit bureaus that track credit records. This can affect the debtor’s ability to secure a loan, obtain employment, or establish a new credit card.

2.Liens: According to the child support laws in most states, the state child support agency can place a lien on certain types of real property owned by the non-custodial parent such as his or her house or car. This lien will prevent the non-custodial parent from selling the property until all the debt is paid. In addition, some states allow the child support agency to seize the property as payment for past due child support payments.

3.License/Passport Denial or Suspension: Many state child support agencies can work in cooperation with other state and federal agencies to request that a non-custodial parent who is in arrears for child support payments has certain licenses denied or revoked. These include driver’s licenses, recreational licenses, passports, and professional licenses.

4.Intercepting Other Sources of Income: If a non-custodial owes past-due child support payments, the state child support collection agency may intercept other sources of income, such as tax refunds, lottery winnings, unemployment funds, or workers’ compensation payments to repay the debt. The amount intercepted will be no more than the amount of delinquent support owed.

5.Garnishing Bank Accounts: Child support agencies can also garnish a non-custodial parent’s bank accounts or investments in order to pay for past due child support payments.

6.Judicial Actions: In severe cases, when the state has not been successful at obtaining child support payments using the other enforcement methods mentioned above, the child support agency may ask to courts to take action against the debtor. He or she may be subject to jail time or required to post bond agreeing to pay their child support payments on time in the futureTrouble Collecting Your Child Support? Let Us Help!

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There is a large number of child support questions that need to be answered.

Questions Like:

  • How can I set up child support if I live in a different state?

  • Am I still responsible for child support if the child attends college and has a job?

  • How long do I have to live in a state before I can file for custody?

  • Am I still responsible for child support once I find out the child is not mine?

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HELP  starstarstarstarstar
I AM REAL CONCERNED ABOUT THE AMERICAN TAX PAYERS DOLLARS BEING WASTED. LET ME TRY TO EXPLAIN, THIS WOULD BE ONE OF MANY SUCH CASES HANDELED BY OUR STATE ...

Custodial Parent - Mother  starstarstarstarstar
I took my sons father to court for child support and health insurance coverage, I call him a father for lack of a better word, he wants nothing to do with ...

Interstate Enforcement of Child Support  starstarstarstarstar
My daughter's father lives in AL, and we reside in NC. We have had an interstate action between the 2 states for over 4 years now, and my daughter's father ...

Enoughs Enough Already!!!!  starstarstarstarstar
I am a mother, and I don't understand how AFDC recipients can get a team of legal representation to go in and ruin these guys lives. A financial system ...

Possible Increase In Funds  starstarstarstarstar
After separating from my husband, I filed for a divorce and was able to collect child support benefits at the time of the divorce. It's been 5 years and ...

Arizona Child Support  starstarstarstarstar
My ex and I divorced 24 years ago. The mother was granted custody, I received visitation we share 1 surviving child now 24. She/ they left AZ in 1990 what ...

Tammy  starstarstarstarstar
I am a 35 yr women of 3 boys. I left my husband from an abusive relationship of 10 years. After my divorice was finallized my exhusband got the 2 children,...

I'm The New Wife, The Only Wife, She was Nothing to Him!  starstarstarstarstar
15 years we have been together, they were together for a couple of years. He was 18-19 years old, she was 28-29 years old. Divorced, already with two kids,...

Did Not Give Up  starstarstarstarstar
I was without child support payments for three and a half years. The court finally caught up to him, he had since moved twice and had another child. He ...

Mom Who Will Never Get Child Support  starstarstarstarstar
My experience has been one where I work hard to support my 2 girls. I have gotten VERY little child support. He moves all the time, works jobs for a short ...

Frustrated Non-Custodial Dad  starstarstarstarstar
I live in New York State and have paid child support faithfully & on time for 1 1/2 years. My former wife is vindictive because I would not give her the ...

Non-custodial parent  starstarstarstarstar
My exwife has custody of our daughter. She disapeared after telling me she didn't want money from me. For 1 1/2 years I tryed to track her down because ...

Mad Mom  starstarstarstarstar
I have a son from a Morongo tribal member. He owes me over $46,000 in back support. He moved out of state, has no license, no real estate. All his toys,...

Non Custodial Parent  starstarstarstarstar
I have been very up front and honest with my child support case worker. Every letter I have sent to my ex I have also sent to the case worker and child ...

CSRU is a JOKE!!!  starstarstarstarstar
This is by no means bashing non-custodial parents. Iowa Child Support Recovery Unit (CSRU) handles my child support case. And they are a joke. My ex husband ...

Frustrated!  starstarstarstarstar
My boyfriend and I have been together for over a year and are living together. He has three children 9, 12 and 17 and does not have custody. He is paying ...

Seriously delinquent payments and still minimal assistance.   starstarstarstarstar
For the past 8 years I have dealt with an ex-husband who chose to be an absent father. I struggled constantly to provide for my children and I became ...

All Lies  starstarstarstarstar
My mom never told me the truth about my so called dad. I always thought I had the same dad as my 2 older sisters and brother. but I was wrong. A few years ...

We Need A Change  starstarstarstarstar
After a 18 year marriage my wife decided to spread her wings (I say her legs) but anyway, when she decided to leave I had just lost my job. During the ...

Dumb Broads  starstarstarstarstar
You losers to womanhood are quite hilarious and absurd in your attempts to trap yet one more innocent man into paying your bills and otherwise supporting ...

How They Collected Child Support From Me!  starstarstarstarstar
Paying child support in my opinion is the most important thing that you can do as a non-custodial parent. I did not seem to think so at first, but as I ...

Nana  starstarstarstar
My daughter lived with a man for several years. After having two beautiful little girls, and promising to always take care of them...he found his real ...

Inter-state court order= NO CHILD SUPPORT  starstarstarstar
So what can I say? Here are the basics:
I left CA almost 4 years ago. We were being evicted, and had nowhere to go. I didn't run away, didn't kidnap the ...

Just confussed?  starstarstarstar
I am a single mom who got divorced about 10 years ago. Our children were 7 and 10. He quit his job and tried for 6 years to open a new business with it ...

We live in the same house so why does he have to pay???  starstarstarstar
So me and my boyfriend are living in the same house and have been for the past 3 years. We had our son about 5 months ago and because we are not married ...

Why are dads warned?   starstarstarstar
I was married for 10 yrs and then he goes and has an affair. When you go to court the lawyers don't even want to hear that. I had all the proof and my ...

90.000 BACK PAYMENT ARREARS  starstarstarstar
My husband still owes back payment in arrears. Over the years he kept quiting his job so that he did not have to pay. Since he didn't have a job the court ...

Disabled Mom  starstarstarstar
My particular case is 24+ years old. My arrearages are by no means the most owed but they are exorbitant ($100,000.) and I cannot persuade a judge or commissioner ...

EARNING TAX-FREE MONEY AND STILL REFUSES TO PAY  starstarstar
When I married my husband, he had poor credit, a broken down car, and owed back taxes. Lord knows why I married him anyway. Shortly after we married,...

Single mom  starstarstar
I'm a single mother living in the state of Florida. My daughters father has never been a part of her life and a little over a year ago was convicted of ...

Disgusted about enforcing child support order for jerk  starstarstar
I was married for 12 + years. We have 2 great kids. 8 and 5. He disappeard in September of 08. He was gone around 2 months before he would contact ...

We're not all jerks  starstarstar
The mother of my child has been abusing the welfare system for 20 years. My son is 17 and I haven't seen him since his mother left with him and a meth ...

I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS.  starstarstar
I WAS MARRIED TO MY FIRST HUSBAND ABOUT 5 YEARS WITH TWO CHILDREN. IN 1981 A COURT ORDERED WAS ESTABLISHED FOR CHILD SUPPORT OF $125.00 EVERY TWO WEEKS....

My Husband Was Raped Literally!  starstar
When my husband was only 16 years old his ex raped him and as sick as that is she did it because she didn't want to finish her college degree and get a ...

Tired of Fighting the System for my children  starstar
I am a 31-year-old single mother of 3 beautiful girls. I have been fighting the system and my ex husband for the last 13 years to get him to step up and ...

this will blow your mind  star
I have two daughters and I pay for everything. Always have and always will. My girls dad has worked since day 1 and has refused to help pay for anything....

Wow!!! Is there really no hope? :(  star
Here I am thinking I've got a terrible low life father for my son and that the child support system in Oklahoma sucks. Now I see many women are facing ...

Nothing from Fulton County, Illinois  Not rated yet
For 16 years I have tried to collect child support through Fulton County, Illinois. I feel the system has failed me. I have been forced to be on welfare ...

Deadbeat dad robbed his own son.  Not rated yet
I married my son's father when I was 3 month pregnant as we were planning to get married anyway. Soon after son was born, he began cheating on me and lying ...

Pissssed Off and Tired  Not rated yet
Florida Law sorry to say SUCKS! I am owed more than 45,000 and counting. The former husband's assets magically disappeared right after our divorce. I ...

Child Support Agency IS Big Business  Not rated yet
My daughter will turn 18 next month. In 17 years I have only recieved support 4 times in 2001, & 3 times this year. I didnot recieve even 1 letter from ...

MONEY IS GOOD BUT NOT ALWAYS BEST  Not rated yet
My ex-husband and I have been divorced now for approximately 14 yrs now after an 11 yr marriage. We have 3 children, 1 girl and 2 boys. The hardest decision ...

Here is HOW you can AVOID JAIL TIME, MUST READ!!!!!  Not rated yet
HERE IS WHERE TROUBLE STARTS AGAINST U.S. CITIZENS!!!! So one day, my ex-wife had to take our child to the doctor / hospital and didn't have medical insurance....

She threw me out on the st, and i was homeless  Not rated yet
I am a 37 year old man been with a woman for 12 years and have 2 sons a 4 year old and a 11 year old.after losing my job back in march of 2010, i was not ...

M Dean  Not rated yet
I am a former VA resident looking for some help/guidance in my current child support obligation. Though it is complicated I will explain to the best of ...

Child Support is a joke!!  Not rated yet
My daughter turned 11 years old December 2010. I have never received child support from her father. He owes me over $20,000.00 in back child support....

Discrimination between non-custodial and custodial parents  Not rated yet
I am the non-custodial parent in a child support case filed in Oklahoma around 1997. My daughter was born 1993. I had never met her but I was paying my ...

Ms Melanie Hurdle  Not rated yet
I have been struggling to provide my 7 year old daughter with a reasonable standard of living ever since she was a baby. I try to stay employed and if ...

Thirteen months 5200.00 attorney fee and 77.74 is child support  Not rated yet
I am more than convinced that the state of Florida cares nothing about children. The mediation well it was a criminal violation. It was held in the ex'...

System fail but big time   Not rated yet
As a single mother I have struggle each day to provide for my children. My oldest father did not wanted to pay the 17% so I took him to court. He wanted ...

Ms. Darleen  Not rated yet
I used to have custody, but unfortunately because of my poor choice in men my second ex husbands track record caused me to lose my kids. Now I am the ...

Not all fathers are bad!  Not rated yet
The mother has 2 dui's a serious bi-polar issue and stated she wished the father was dead. So she could collect more from social security benefits. Said ...

Mad, angry, and tired from the messed up confusing child support system that pretty much protects DEAD BEAT DAD!  Not rated yet
I became a young mother to a beautiful daughter. I never married her father b/c of physical, emotinal abuse, and lack of support. He was always drunk or ...

Child support needs my help?  Not rated yet
My daughter's father left us while I was 5 months pregnant with her and he had the nerve to bring his new girlfriend to my house to pick up his stuff by ...

Custodial Step-Mom of 2 fantastic kids  Not rated yet
Contra Costa County, CA does not practice equality under the law when it comes to protecting the children who are entitled to be supported by both parents....

DOG DAYS ARE OVER  Not rated yet
I want all the fathers and mothers who are fighting to pay there support every month to listen to this song.

I can relate to every word in this song ...

Lousiana Will NOT Collect Arrears  Not rated yet
I filled my child support case in Baton Rouge, LA and I then moved to Florida. Well, Florida asked Louisiana to close their case. I then moved to Texas ...

8th child in 9 years!  Not rated yet
I have two sons both on the autism spectrum. One is mild and one is moderate. Both also have ADHD. I just found out my ex is having another baby in Feb....

Child Support Run Around (Oklahoma)  Not rated yet
I have a 3 year old son, who was left by his father was two weeks old. I have been fighting with DHS. I get no assistance because I have a degree and ...

Workers Compensation NOT Subject to Garnishment.  Not rated yet
Here is an email exchange between Orange County Child Support Services and Myself when two child support payments were not sent.

Subject: Child Support ...

Beefing myself up control my life  Not rated yet
As a recently divorced deaf mother with a child, my ex decided quit work, and living with his parent for free without any responsibility. I know that child ...

Child Support isn't nothing but BS!!!!!!  Not rated yet
I am currently owed about $20,000.00 in child support. I have not recieved a dime in over 2 yrs now. And has anything been done about it? No! The only ...

Stay Postive  Not rated yet
When I became pregnant as like many relationship things change some for good some for bad, And maybe because I had a good paying job or maybe it was the ...

Loser for a Father!  Not rated yet
My son was born in 1998 and his dad was only around the 1st couple days. He freaked about being a dad and quit coming around. He was finally ordered to ...

How can they do this  Not rated yet
My story right now!!!!!!!!!! my husband was statitory raped and is paying child support. They took all my money out of our joint account



This ...

Legally frustrated  Not rated yet
I got divorced in 2006. My ex-wife stole, lied and cheated. Then booted me out of my kids lives. I laid down during the divorce because I was sick of ...

Non-castodail Parent  Not rated yet
MY son is now 10 years old I pay my support fathfully however I get behind from time to time, Ive noticed that the state is imposing Intrest charges on ...

Anonymous  Not rated yet
My husband has a ten year old son with a woman he was never married to. We have three children together, under the age of 5, and his child support payments ...

What about the loser mother!!!!  Not rated yet
My story is about my husband's children from a previous marriage...from the beginning 2002 i met the perfect man who had custody of his 4 small children....

Deadbeat Moms get it all  Not rated yet
I am a former military servicemen with one maybe two children. I was stationed in Korea for approxiametly 4 1/2 years before coming to Texas. Mind you ...

Immature parents fighting over/raising my nephew  Not rated yet
I have a nephew, who, unfortunately, has sucky parents. my sister and his father are separated (thank god). his father never keeps a job. the longest he ...

Abott V Abott and Gender Discrimination  Not rated yet
The Supreme Court is considering a case on whether a violation of a ne exeat clause (prohibiting one parent from removing a child from the country without ...

Tired n fed up dad  Not rated yet
My experience with the family court system is one and the same and I could probably write a book on it, in it's self. But instead I'll try to make it as ...

Wish I knew then what I know now  Not rated yet
I have two sons. When their dad and I divorced, he was attempting to get Social Security disability. He wasn't working and I was begging his mother for ...

Carol's Plea for Child Support  Not rated yet
My daughter is now 17 yrs old. my now husband has raised her since she was 3. she was 18 months old before paternity was established and child support ...

Victorville California Child Support Agency Nightmare  Not rated yet
On their website under FAQ's, is the question, Will the agency open a case to collect never assigned child support arrears if the child is emancipated?...

Another Disabled Dad  Not rated yet
I have been disabled for almost 11 yrs now.After my accident i got in arrears for both my children.I had my lawyers contact my 2 Ex's one child with both....

UNBELIEVEABLE PEOPLE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Not rated yet
Not one of these experiences are unique to anyone. Filing papers in court is as easy as spending a few hours at your local courthouse in a pro per clinic....

mother/ primary residency-no support! Loophole...  Not rated yet
So my son is 5yrs. old. Since he was 1 we have been doing court,and the father has owed support. At first he'd pay sometimes. Now we have an order that ...

Father on hard times, but still takes care of his daughter need to know ?  Not rated yet
Well I have a 3 year old daughter that I dont have full custody of and her mother is a full time student and works alot and stays with her grandmother....

Custodial Mother  Not rated yet
Don't waste your efforts searching out a new way to collect child support. If the father doesn't want to pay he will do what my son's father does and ...

The State Of Florida Doesnt Help  Not rated yet
I recently moved to the state of Florida and had my support order transferred down from the state of Washington where the non custodial parent lives. Since ...

Paying and caring father  Not rated yet
My wife and I have 3 beautiful children. We were apart for a while at which time the interest on obscene amounts that I was unable to pay with such little ...

Child Support and moving abroad....  Not rated yet
Ok I have a question......My sister and her ex just divorced about 2 months ago; they have one 4 year old daughter together. She is talking to a guy in ...

How can I get the state to suspend DBD license.  Not rated yet
My ex is not only deadbeat when it comes to child support, but he told my 13yr old daughter that he doesn't contact her more because it is painful and ...

He always finds the loop holes...  Not rated yet
I have two wonderful children. But, if you were to grab a Webster's and look up "deadbeat" you will find their father's picture. I understand things happen ...

When I go to jail??   Not rated yet
Basically I am 37 and have back arrears in va and one thing that boggles me I was paying it till my daughter was dumped in my lap when she was 16 for the ...

What am I to do?  Not rated yet
I have been divorced for almost 11 years. I was ordered to pay child support. My ex-wife disappeared with my two sons. I contacted Child Support enfocement ...

Concerned yet disappointed.   Not rated yet
I have been trying to get regular child support from my ex for ten years now, and it does not work. The state of Indiana does not pursue the issue and ...

What a joke for non-custodial parents   Not rated yet
I have a son that lives 3 hours away and when he use to come up to my house I went and picked him up and had to take him home. His mother was constantly ...

Dead beat dad that will not pay support  Not rated yet
I have been seperated from my ex husband since 99 and when I took him to court for support the day at court and the judge ordered him to pay he told the ...

No love for Disable father.  Not rated yet
I have been paying child support since 1990 it went from 495 to 1091 dollars a months. I was living on a pension and the rates keep going up. In 2002 I ...

Alcorn DHS is crooked  Not rated yet
The dhs office and police departments in Alcorn County Mississippi are some of the worst and crooked i've ever seen. First of all, their website says they ...

Never gona see it, and now I HAVE TO PAY FOR IT  Not rated yet
Deadbeat husband moved to Arizona to run back home to mommy and daddy. Still married because he won't sign the papers and I don't have $370 do hire a PI ...

The "EX " Factor  Not rated yet
I have three children, all of which are teenagers now. It has been a long and difficult road raising them without their father. When he left he took all ...

Mother Overwhelmed With The System  Not rated yet
I have a 14 year old daughter whose father left when I was 7.5 months pregnant with her. When she was born, I moved from Chicago to Alabama. Later I found ...

EX Owes 25000 in Child Support  Not rated yet
It sucks my support is ordered out of Wyoming and most of the time it is a joke. Lately I've been reiciving mostof my support but not the monthly amount....

frustrated   Not rated yet
For years I have been playing the game of child support and goverment assistance to collect it. My child is seventeen to day and her father is finally ...

Stupid  Not rated yet
I am a victim of child abuse. I was in foster care for five years being raped. After I finally got out I married at the age of 17 and had a son. His dad ...

18 Years None Will Help  Not rated yet
I was divorced in Oct. 1991 and live in the State of Tennessee. At the time of divorce my ex wife was ordered to pay $60.00 a week for our two beautiful ...

Saving Others From Wealth and Hellfair Confusions  Not rated yet
After dealing with the state of Idaho for several years and when dealing with abatements, it is best to send an "E" mail, registered letter and show up ...

What Can I Do???  Not rated yet
I conceived two girls who are a year apart with my boyfriend at that time, I left him because of domestic violence. I raised my two daughters by myself ...



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