What is the protocol when someone is underpaying their child support?
My husband's exwife is supposed to pay us (based on her income) about $200 a month in child support. It's all automatically coming out of her checks. However she has been switching jobs lately and is pregnant with her 5th child and we suspect is not working. the past couple months the payments have only been about $20 a time. how is this possible if they take it directly from her check? also.. does the county watch this and what do they do about it?
Anonymous2018-07-18T13:06:53Z
Its worked out on a percentage of earning no earnings/minimal earning equals lower payments. You sound like a money grabber but let’s face it if this was being asked by a woman trying to screw her ex husband it’d be full of ranting females
I'm hoping this is a troll. But if not, you come across as the type who would steal the money tin from a homeless person begging on a street corner.
- She's pregnant with her 5th child. She is under order to pay you $200 a month, which she is having difficulty paying because 1) She's probably unemployed 2) She's pregnant 3) If her support order was about $200 a month, then that would me she fell afoul of the minimum support level, which means she (in actuality) doesn't make enough under ordinary circumstances to pay $200 a month
If the money is coming through "the county", then "the county" can only pay you as much as "the county" collects. If you are getting 20 bucks a month, that means that they are probably taking it out of her UNEMPLOYMENT compensation.
More money will come from "the county" when the woman can afford to pay more. But bluntly? Don't hold your breath. If it wasn't for the f**'d up minimum support provisions, you would not be receiving one single penny in child support. Not one.
Sadly, the girl will probably end up in prison eventually because she can't make the minimum payments. Are you going to take care of her other children when that happens?
To answer your question on how this is possible, in many states, it's set up as a percentage, not a specific dollar amount. Job changes are common, and if they did it at "X" dollars per month, there would be paperwork involved every time someone got a new job! This way, it's automatically computed per paycheck. The lower the amount, the lower the percentage.
On the rest, I agree with others you either need to call social services or else ask an attorney. For several reasons, I would pursue this.