You can make a list of the things you want to say. Try to separate your feelings from the facts. Do you have any evidence to support a modification, for example, loss of income? Generally, modifications will not be made unless there is a significant change in circumstances. You must request a modification through the court, you will be given a hearing date and a judge will be assigned. Save your list and use it to explain to the judge at your hearing why you are requesting the modification.
Arrears and current support, also, unless/until the child is adopted.
Technically arrears cannot be waived. However, a custodial parent can fill out a form stating that no child support is due.
Has to be approved by the court and cannot be owed Welfare.
none as they are separate issues and most child support arrears are on men who learned years later that they were a father, when ordered to pay back to the birth of the child.
The person responsible for paying child support is the obligor. The obligor is responsible for paying child support until the child support order has been modified. Arrears remain due until they are paid.
At least in Austin, they are paid in arrears.
according to Judge David Grey Ross, Commissioner of the Federal Office of Child Support Enforcement, no. Nor can arrears accumulate.
The child can file prior to age 19.
If the court ordered support is in arrearage, all assets of the obligated parent are subject to seizure.
Court ordered child support, spousal maintenance, federal or state taxes, a court ordered restitution for personal injury and/or property damage.
If they are below $2500. Why are there arrears? If there is a legitimate reason, such as unemployment, the obligor can still file for a reduction in them. Most Child Support obligors do not know there is free help from the state, by federal law, to obtain a modification. At the minimum, a motion should be filed to have any interest penalties set aside, which can double or triple the amount owed.
The Texas Attorney General enforces state consumer protection laws, collects court-ordered child support and administers the Crime Victims' Compensation Fund.