Do you have guardianship? It sounds like (from your question) you are raising the child not the mother or father. If this is the case you need to file for guardianship which will then award you child support from both parents (regardless of whether or not they are incarcerated). If the mother is seeking support she can go to the state and they will impute his income (guess what his income would be if he were working) if he has no college education they will impute the income at the rate of 40 hours a week at minimum wage. The state will then do all of the legwork to have child support assigned and make sure he is served in prison
Can you get child support inArkansasif their father is incarcerated
You don't say which of the parents that are incarcerated but their rights to the child comes first. If the father is not in the birth certificate and he has not established paternity to the court so he can petition for visitation or custody and also pay child support, there is nothing that legally says he is the father. Then the maternal grandmother would have a better chance. If the father is not in the birth certificate but he has established paternity to the court so he can petition for visitation or custody and also pay child support, the chance should be equal.
No.
Other than the mother, no one.
This depends on if the father has an income while he is incarcerated,such as income from a business that the father owns and that is still able to operate without him while he is in prison or if the father is eligible for a work release program from the prison or if the father is eligible for an inmate job in the prison.. If the father is incarcerated and is not eligible for any such programs and has no other means of income then the child support will continue to be added to his unpaid balance and will be waiting for him to begin paying when he is released..
incarcerated
Yep.
Yes. Such matters are of a civil nature not a criminal one.
Your father's maternal grandmother is your great-grandmother.
My father was incarcerated for 2 years for violating his probation.
Your father's grandmother is typically referred to as your great-grandmother.
goes to grandmother and yes he still has to pay just not to you