What happens when an ex husband refuses court order to pay for college expenses for daughter?

In some states there is a state office which oversees child support. They can help, but are often slow to progress as they have a lot of cases. Hiring a lawyer would probably be faster. Shop around, see who you like and who offers the best pricing. Sometimes the court orders the non-paying ex to repay your legal fees, but you would usually have to pay them in advance of court. This means at best you are out the cash and must wait for repayment. What happens from there forward depends on your state a bit, but any good lawyer can inform you of the details. Since you have a court order many states will assist you in ordering the support automatically withheld from your ex's paycheck by their employer.

If your ex happens to be licensed in some trade, many states will revoke or suspend that license until payment arrangements are made. This may also apply to hunting and driver's licensing. This usually must be handled via your state's child support enforcement or perhaps your district attorney. The same goes for tax refund garnishment. Liens on real estate and personal property and wage garnishment are other options which will require assistance from the state, the district attorney, or a lawyer. An extreme option is to file against your ex for contempt of court. If convicted, jail time may apply. Usually what happens is a deadline for payment of back support owed is set. If not met, off to jail they go.

If your daughter is 18, then he is not required to pay for an adult to attend anything. A court will have to sort this out. of course.

Not sure why you are paying for your daughter either. Are you paying for HER dream? What happens to your savings or cash when you retire? She will have her own family by that time, and kids to take care of. You cannot get a loan at age 70, and she will want to spend her money on her own family.

So do this so both of you are doing the minor things, such as furnishing a dorm room with bare necessities. She has to come up with the rest. No car, of course. No spending money either.

I think that consequences vary by state. File a complaint with the court. I think they can garish his wages and tax refunds. I don't know if they will take him to jail or not. I have always been against taking dead beats to jail because it solves nothing and costs tax payers more money. Just make him find a job and garish wages seems to be the logical punishment.

You go back to the Judge who will probably find him in contempt of court, and fine him then force him to pay. Talk to your lawyer and he or she will take care of it.

He is in breach of a court order... and will be dealt with by the court.

why doesn't daughter pay for her own expenses. she is an adult and plenty of people work their way thru college

he can be in contempt of court and can go to jail, have his wages garnished..