Unattachable Income???

by S Steinberg
(Toledo, OH)

Hi,
My childrens father is over $10,000 in arrears on his support, with no payments in well over a year and a half. Being a nice person I didnt want to push this issue too hard, becuase I didn't want my choldren to be without their dad, during jail time. However, I after all this time and little help from him with the children I decided to push it legally with Ohio Child Support. I've called on 3 separte occassions to say I wanted it pushed. The first time, he was found in contempt for not showing to a court date, in November of 2009, I beleive. After that, nothing that I can see has been done other then CS sending out verfiications for wages. When I called yesterday CS told me to call back in 60 days. I asked why, becuase this was supposed to have been pushed to leagal long ago. They said when they sent out the most recent verification, he has unattachable income and therefore they cannot push the issue legally. I inquired what this unattachable income was and was told "if I could tell you, you would understand, but legally I cannot tell you". I became emotional and could not say anything further, other then uh huh and ok. I read over parts of the Ohio Reevised Codes and asked others for help with my confusion. What I would like to know is...

Explain to me how an unattachable income prevents a person from beign told they must make their child support payments without child support actually needing to garnish from pay. Why does this/an unattachable income prevent child support from taking legal action against him, for not paying his child support payments?