the people who lost the job was the payee of the child support
200866
It depends on why they lost their job.  If they were a crappy employee and didn't show up or were always late, the judge is just going to get mad and still enforce the same amount of child support.\n\nOn the other hand, if it was just a case of a layoff or other incident, the person will have to go to a courthouse and get a document to ask for temporary relief of child support.  You will have to file it with the court and bring proof that you lost your job.\n\nGood luck, it sucks fighting with the child support system.
256441
Oh, yes m'am. He *is* still liable to pay back support. In fact, you have until the tenth anniversary of the date the child/ren graduates from high school to begin the initial process of trying to collect. This is a little known fact that every Texas mother should read.
626797
someone has to look after the children!
70795
That is not so anymore. There are alot of women who pay alimony and child support.  I was one of those women.  I had a terrible pregnacy and my other children stayed with my mom for a while and the courts ordered me to pay child support and when I got behind because of just having a baby they threatned to lock me up.  I know several other women who have had to pay too....so only men paying is a thing of the past!!!
159066
I love how the first thing that comes to your head after losing your son is whether you'll have to PAY anything....\n\nYou are sad.  The kid is better off...
227807
There was a man here in Texas that spent 14 years on death row for rape and murder of a teenage girl at a volleyball tournament. He was released after 14 years for wrongful conviction. I don't think that the state paid anything to him for those 14 years. In fact, after they released him, they picked him up again for failure to pay child support while he was in the state penitentiary. His family spent everything that they had for appeals and finally there were a couple of attorneys who donated their time to his cause.
300614
You need to speak with either a child support enforcement officer of a lawyer.
503119
I work in welfare. 1/4 of the people honestly are in need, maybe they lost their job or they are a housewife whose husband left them with 4 kids and no job skills- they just need temporary help to get back on their feet. OR maybe they are working a minimum wage job and just cannot make ends meet- but those are few and far between<-- please believe. Another 2/4 are either elderly or disabled and cannot work. The last 1/4 ARE lazy bums that strive to have 10 kids just to increase their food stamp amount. (The lucky ones end up with over $2,000/month in child support so they don't have to work- chose your "lays" wisely, ladies). Then there are the single men who have 4 kids and won't work cause they don't want to pay child support (but who can blame them when child support takes more than half their checks when they do work). There are all kinds- not all fit neatly into a stereotype.
362121
Don't blame you at all for being irked! I work in child support so have come across many who are on welfare or some other type of state assistance. It's a very mixed bag which is one of the problems with the system. Some people use it the way it's meant to be...temporarily...and others take it very much for granted. So there are definitely some problems with it. My opinion, it needs to be better controlled and if people aren't willing to use it the right way they should not be entitled to it.
132212
I have been divorced 7 years and have received about $1000 dollars from my ex-wife. I have raised my son and daughter since they were 12 & 6. My son is now on his own and of course my daughter is still home. I have taken my ex to court 5 times and she still won't pay (it has cost me about $1,500). I have taken the action on my own since she doesn't seem to care. I made up excuses why they couldn't go over but soon relized that she didn't want to go to jail so she didn't do much. It is up to the courts to decide the ultimate outcome. Your children will figure out what is going on as they get older. I found out by speaking positive things about their mother all these years helped me not look like the bad guy. My children now understand what kind of person their mother is on their own. I pray for people like us to prosper in all ways despite having a parent not caring for their own children. GOD BLESS
261553
it depends what the laws are in your area. for me in alberta canada, i was told they have a clause where if they think the man quits his job in order to avoid paying support, the totals will just keep adding up until he gets another job and then he will owe even more. but, thats what they say and it doesnt often seem to work out where the courts get him to pay more of the back support. another thing they do here is that if someone owes a lot of back child support, when they go to renew their driver's license, they cant until they pay back what they owe. but i dont hear much about if that actually works or not and if they move to a different province, its even harder. \n\ni would assume that if he cannot pay right now due to quitting his job, the money he owes would just pile up until he gets another one, but im not sure how they work for back-support. you would have to contact someone in your region to find out.
421005
Seek advice from the person (solicitor?) who assisted you in the compensation claim.\n\nAlthough you may be able to obtain judgment against them for non-payment of the compensation actually getting the money out of them might be a different story.\n\nI don't think that the previous comment about the Chief Executive going to prison is correct - this is not a criminal but a civil case.
302978
No, they decide the child support for the next 2 kids based on what's left after you pay for your first daughter.  The first family comes first.  So it's what you make after the 1st child support that determines how much the 2nd family child support will be.  Meaning your second set of children will suffer financially compared to the first child.
570931
Is it the man? I thought it was the person whom provides the income or higher income of the family. They do it to "help out" the person on the downside of the divorce.
623171
While it's not fair, in many states when the noncustodial parent pops out another child the custodial parent has to cough up even more money each time the child support is reduced. So the custodial parent is paying to subsidize the non-custodial parent's reproduction choices.
672788
It is the office of Child support taking money for "handling your account!"
632971
You need to go to the court house family division and file for a court date.  Then contact a lawyer and they will file for temporary custody of the kids  till the judge decides what is best for them. The lawyer should be covered by legal aid especially if there is no income.  Tell her to get a job even if it's through a temporary agency for the time being, it will help keep her mind off of it, and will also show the judge that she is able to support the kids. Tell her to put the utilities in her name to establish a credit rating.  The cops will not go after him for the kids until she has it in place that temporary custody is hers. They don't consider it kidnapping since he is the father. Tell her to call children's services in her area and let them know of his problems and what has occurred they can help in getting the children back.  Been in the same situation so if you need more help just contact me.