Can you get joint custody if you are not paid up on child support?

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2017-03-14 16:59:34

Support and Custody are separate. So yes if you are behind on child support you can still petition the court for joint legal custody. You would need to show some significant change in circumstances from when the current custody order was entered. However, your failure to pay child support would not compel the judge to rule in your favor since you have shown yourself to be unreliable, irresponsible and in contempt of a court order.

You will have to explain your failure to pay court ordered child support to the judge. The amount you owe doesn't go away. Back child support can be taken out of your wages or out of your tax return.

Related Questions

Can a father of a child sue for child support if he does not have custody of that child?

Of course not. Child support payments are paid over to the parent with legal physical custody.

How do i receive child support from both parents?

Child support is not paid to the child. It would be payable to the person who currently has legal custody of the child or to the State if the State has custody.

If a mother gives 6 month joint temp custody of her daughter to her son can she take her back before the custody is over legally?

If she's paid child support and depending on circumstances.

May the father of the child waive child support arrears if they both have joint custody but father has physical custody and mother has child for summer and holidays?

No. If there's a court order against the father, which resulted in any kind of arrears, the father is still responsible for it. Arrears are paid and there's no statute of limitations on it, as well as, any support and/or custody modifications.

Will a parent win custody of a child and get child support if they did not get custody of a different child from a previous marriage and is behind on that child's support?

Here their chances are very slim indeed as they have not paid up for the child's support, and they may do it again or have done it before that is why they did not get custody of the child from a previous marriage.

Can you get joint custody if you are not paid up on child support?

Wiki User

2017-03-14 16:59:34

2017-03-14 16:59:34

Related Questions

Can a father of a child sue for child support if he does not have custody of that child?

How do i receive child support from both parents?

If a mother gives 6 month joint temp custody of her daughter to her son can she take her back before the custody is over legally?

May the father of the child waive child support arrears if they both have joint custody but father has physical custody and mother has child for summer and holidays?

Will a parent win custody of a child and get child support if they did not get custody of a different child from a previous marriage and is behind on that child's support?

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