1) check the state child support clearing house to make sure you have no payments due 2) call the appropriate family court and speak with a clerk that can direct you to locate the appropriate paperwork 3) make copies of everything you fill out and send to court certified mail with return receipt 3) serve the ex-spouse using a reliable person (ie. Sheriff or process server ...worth the expense..)
child support enforcement
No there is not. In Arizona a parent may only terminate their rights voluntarily in preparation for an adoption. In other cases, the courts may terminate rights involuntarily in certain and dire circumstances. Both scenarios are after the birth of the child, not before. Until an adoption is legalized or if adoption isn't going to happen, the parent's obligation to support their child does not end with the termination of their rights. All that does is terminate the parent's right to see their child and have any say-so in their lives.
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Yes. You are obligated to pay child support in AZ even if your parental rights are severed.
only child support. Spousal support is taxable income.
If the child is being adopted, not otherwise.
If the order specifically says that support runs through age 21, contact your State's child support agency. Be patient but persistent. Good luck!
Yes. Such an action must be filed in the court of jurisdiction (where the child legally resides). However termination of parental rights does not automatically terminate child support obligations. This usually happens only if the child is being adopted. All that termination of rights will accomplish is ending the right to see their child or have any say-so in their lives.
Go to child support enforcement and make an official request that the order be modified. However, in recent months, it has been learned the the state is not counting 8% of weekly child support deductions as paid support due to a computer glitch, so you may find you are in arrears through no fault of your own but are still held accountable.
not without court approval. see link
If this is a case for child support, you can go to the child support authorities and request one. You can also pay for one yourself and have it done by a private lab.
You can try to contact them if you need it before your first check comes in. But is should also be listed on paper work from the courts. On one site below it states this: "Your ATLAS case number (12 digit) that you may find on your court order and/or all correspondence that DCSE sends to you." It is numbers and not letters.