CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT
Addresses and Information on Child Support Enforcement and Court Ordered Child Support Payments.
Child Support Payments are designed to make sure a child has enough food to eat, medication and medical care, clothes to wear and a safe place to live during the growth and formative years.
The custodial and non-custodial parents first and principal obligation is to provide financial and emotional support to their minor children so they can grow into a healthy, responsible adult.
A CUSTODIAL parent is the one who takes everyday care and lives with the child. In more than 90 percent of the cases, the MOTHER is the custodial parent.
The Child Support Programs ensure that children receive the court-ordered financial support to which they are legally entitled. It provides services as to establishing paternity, and enforcing child support and medical support orders.
According to the state and federal law, when non-custodial parents fail to pay the child support obligation, they are subject to enforcement measures in order to collect any regular or past-due payments.
Here are some of the tools used by the state to enforce court ordered child support payments:
- Income withholding
- Liens on real estate property, vehicles, or other assets
- Driver's license suspension or revocation
- Passport denial, revocation or restriction
- Income tax offsets
- Certifying debts
- Suspension or revocation of professional and hunting/fishing licenses
- Reporting to credit bureaus
- Non-paying parent may be sent to jail and enter a judgment for past due support.
The court has to examine some important financial documents before calculating child support payments, such as:
- Gross income of both parents
- Court-ordered support child support for children of other relationships
- Any paid or received spousal support or alimony
- Health insurance costs and extraordinary medical costs
- Childcare and education costs
It is of your best interest that you provide the most accurate information about your assets and financial information.
Child support orders automatically terminate when:
- The child reaches the age of 18 and graduates from high school
- Is emancipated by the court
- Has a change in legal custody
- Gets married
- Enlists in the armed forces
- Passes away
Some states have laws dictating that child support must be paid until the child reaches the age of 19 or 21.
Support may not terminate if the child has severe special needs which cause him/her to remain dependent.
CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES
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