My wifes ex owes $600 a month in child support but does not pay?

If he has a legit job then his employer is required by law to garnish his wages. You need to get a lawyer.

Child support is financial support for the child paid from the NCP to the CP. If a NCP falls behind or does not pay they are still responsible. And may find themselves paying their arrears to the CP many YEARS after the child becomes emancipated. The money IS in support of the child and if paid appropriately while the child is a minor then yes it goes directly to the child as they grow up (LIKE IT SHOULD)... In the case of arrears being repaid after many years... This IS considered repayment for the support that the CP provided WITHOUT assistance during the child's upbringing. Its sad because the child missed out on so many things while the CP was trying to make ends meat. Two things can happen here. She now has the child so some support would be due her... BUT she still owes $14k. The courts may call it a wash, or begin reducing her arrears by the amount owed to her until the child is emancipated. At which point any remaining arrears should be paid to the father. The father can then chose to use this money to pay any debts he incurred due to lack of funding while raising the child, or place the money in some sort of investment for the child such as school, savings, life insurance, etc. I recieve child support and spend more than double the support amount on my daughter, AND I also contribute to a 529 College Savings Plan and life support on myself that entitles her to be the FULL beneficiary should something (g-d forbid) happen to me. Child support is a controversial topic on both sides but the laws are written in black and white. So read up, call the agency and ask, etc. Knowledge is your best weapon and tool in life. I hope your husband's ex wife does right by this poor child... He has suffered long enough now...

You know, I went through the same thing. My x was working under the table and they couldn't prove how much he made, so they made him pay minimal child support. I as well had a case worker and you're right, they don't do crap. Their paper pushers and just go through the motions, at least that's what it seemed like. I suggest you go to the court and file for child support on your own. The paper work isn't hard to fill out at all and the judge will enforce that his wages be garnished, or he will have so much time to make up the arrears and find a job that supports his children. However, I'm pretty sure you need to drop the case with the county in order to file your own, so double check on that. But, I guarantee you'll get better results on your own, than with the county.

If he owes that much in back support, then there should be a warrant out for him. I know that in Michigan if you owe more that 10,000 in back child support, there is an arrest warrant with your name on it (i know this because my father was arrested for owing more than 10,000). You've done all the correct steps. I'd say the next thing you do, instead of talking to a case worker, have your wife contact the judge that decided how much he's supposed to pay. Have the judge set up a court date, and go to court explaining how far he is behind and all of this. Honestly, if he's that far behind your wife should be getting his income taxes instead of him.

I don't understand why she wouldn't get the money. She knows where he is because he's seeing the kids. Does she know where he works?

She goes to her attorney and they file for child support to be taken out of his wages. They go before a judge and then the papers are sent to his employer by her attorney. They automatically start deducting the child support from his check and he is not involved.

It's not hard to enforce a child support order if the spouse has a job.

You should have the money taken out of this paycheck, that's always an option. I wonder why that hasn't happened yet, perhaps the father isn't working? I live in the state of MD and they are pretty aggressive with dead beat dads, so it definitely depends on what state you live in. Have you tried talking to the father? Always remember you can always squeeze so much juice out of an orange, if he doesn't have a job, there isn't much that can be done.

All states have a child support collection division , usually called STATE OF BLANK OFFICE OF CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT contact them and they will take him to court and jail his *** if he dies not pay, they will put him on a plan to the 600 plus a payment on the orears and if he doe not make it they will bar him up. It will cost you nothing to go to court you will be represented by state attorney who does this for a living. We just did the same thing and got a lump sum payment .

The only thing I can advise is to get a lawyer and have his pay garnished. That way it will come out of his pay before he even gets his check.

He case manager at the Family court has to be stronger & if your not happy with that person then request another.

It's not your responsibility to chase up arrears, that's what the court staff are employed for!

Cheers

Go to court and have the support garnished from his pay check. That means that the comp. he works for sends it to the courts and they send it to his ex even before her ex gets his check.