The custodial parent can take you to court for contempt and the court can issue a new order for payment of the arrears. At the request of the custodial parent, the state may take various actions to collect that support, such as asking the courts to put you in jail for contempt, taking your tax refund or serving a wage assignment on your employer. You should be making payments against the arrears.
You may be able to negotiate a cash settlement for a lesser amount if you can borrow the money to pay the arrears. For example, the custodial parent may agree to accept $15,000 if paid immediately.
Your in trouble.
Whatever you do, do not stop paying child support. You have to get the current order modified by a judge to be able to stop the payments.
A father cannot petition for emancipation, the child has to. And it doesn't relieve him of paying back support payments.
You should contact your attorney. It is likely that you should be paying the support to DSS.
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No, but it can affect your credit. There is no need to be behind due to unemployment. see links below
The existence of a new spouse and/or "new" children does not affect one's support obligation toward the older children. However, the incarcerated obligor presumably will be filing a motion to terminate or suspend support based on his current lack of ability to pay.
Why is he still paying the support if the child is 25? IFit's because he was behind in the payment and therefore owes back support, then that continues until it's paid in full.Otherwise, he can return to the court and file papers to end support. He has to take a positive action to make it end.
In a case such as this, I suggest that the obligee file an estate claim for the unpaid support.
If there is a support order in affect the obligated parent is responsible for keeping payments current and paying any arrearages. If the order was mandated after the divorce decree and the couple lived separately there may still be arrearages for support that the non custodial parent is responsible for paying.
There should not have been any accrued support while in jail, according to Judge David Grey Ross, Commissioner of the Federal Office of Child Support Enforcement.
That is dependent on state laws and whether he stopped paying due to be denied access to the children, which happens in 60% of the cases.