Any advice on an ex working at min. wage to avoid higher child support?
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It is sad that he has resorted to this.  But the even sadder part is that there is little that can be done.\n\nLike you said, you could try the "potential income" thing, but you would have to pay an atty and who knows how much it would cost and whether or not it would work.\n\nAnd since you can't trace money he makes under the table, you are also out of luck there unless he leaves a paper trail some how.  (if he gets paid by check for the work and makes regular deposits into his checking account you MIGHT have a chance at something)\n\nI think people like that should be shot. Plain and simple.\n\nYour state should have a pro bono program.  If you are really broke, you can fill out the paperwork and get an atty. to help you for free.  You will have a better chance than doing it yourself.  Your atty. can subpoena evidence, and knows the laws and case law behind what you are trying to do.\n\nGood luck. I can't imagine how hard it is not to physically harm your ex...
80358
You could call your local Child Support Enforcement Agency.  We are going through that also.
913730
It really depends on the situation at hand. Are you and the soon to be ex getting along? If so, perhaps you can work on all the paperwork together. If you can keep lawyers out of it, you save money and a lot of other crap that goes along with it b/c some lawyers really encourage playing games that just stir the proverbial pot.
734120
Contact that states Child Support Enforcement Unit and ask them.  They can best answer your question.
665693
I feel your pain!! I dont get child support so I have to work harder to make up the diff.\nAfter I pay for afterschoolactivities, food, rent, car and insurance, put a piddly $200 a month in savings I need to make $3200/month net. Thank goodness my company has great insurance coverage!\nGood luck
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restaing order and she needs to think about getting a lawyer and a new court case to have him pay chidl support. but if he is only paying 13 bucks a month its not worth the trouble.  and besides if he doesnt pay child support he can't see the child. (at least thats the law in oklahoma) so restaing order and move on with life.
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Federal law requires every state to have a state agency available to enforce child support orders.  Usually this agency is a branch of the District Attorney's office.  \n\nFind out who does this in your state.  Call up, set an appointment, bring all of your paperwork (especially if the order was made in another state).  Bring the deadbeat's social security number, driver's license number, last known address, all names used, etc.\n\nThe state agency has direct access to the IRS database and can search the database using the social security number.   If he is employed or self-employed under that number, they will find out where he is working and how much he makes.  They can then swoop down and attach 50% of his wages.
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The answer is not a straight yes or no.  More information here is needed.  What state do you live in?  Do you currently have a child support order that he has violated?\n\nLet's take California for instance.  If you do not have a child support order already in place, then you and your daughter are screwed.  Constitutionally, the California courts are without authority to order back support which pre-dates your filing of a motion for support.  The court only has jurisdiction to order support from the date you file the motion forward.\n\nIf you do have a current child support order that he has not been paying then there are many ways to enforce the back support.  It does not vanish when your daughter turns 18.  He owes it all plus interest at 10% per year.  The best way to enforce is it to obtain a wage garnishment order from the superior court.  In addition, contact your local District Attorneys' office.  People who skip out on child support are akin to murderers in the eyes of the law.  It is serious business.\n\nFeel free to contact me through this service if you'd like to discuss the matter.
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Unfortunately, if you do not qualify for legal aid, you cannot get free legal advice in the UK.  There may me sliding fee-scale programmes, or alternatives.  See your Citizens' Advice Bureau.\n\nYour partner, on the grounds that HE is the child's father, has the right to legal redress.  YOU have none.\n\nYour partner should see the Citizens' Advice Bureau, and also contact local law enforcement.  If he cohabited with his ex for more than 6 months, the partnership, and subsequent breakup, qualify as civil partnerships, and there are custody issues that need to be resolved.  \n\nBE AWARE: if your partner is not paying CSA now, insisting upon seeing his son will ENSURE they catch up with him, and he may have to pay past-due CSA to the tune of £thousands.  Your life with him and your son will change for the worse, financially, for the next, um -- until his other son turns 16, or 18, if he finishes school.  \n\nIn fact, if your partner is NOT paying CSA now, the sooner he informs Children's Services, the better!  He'll owe them less, and look like an honest bloke.  The CSA catch up with everyone, sooner or later, and your partner could be in for it, (and you, and your son), if it's 'later'.\n\nIf he is paying CSA, all the more grounds for him to see his child.  Courts do not like to award sole-custody to one parent, unless there is an abuse situation.  It's really down to your partner, to get the information he needs from the Citizen's Advice Bureau.\n\nTIP: Many flashy divorce/custody solicitors do a primary interview at no charge.  They'll tell your partner they can't help him, but they might well tell him who can!  He has a legal right to see his child, unless there is an injunction against him for any reason -- and I doubt there is.  Courts don't award injunctions for spite, and I doubt his ex actually has one.\n\nGood luck.
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Your employer should notify the county agency where your case is.  They will want to know when you expect to return to work. Hopefully your employer will be able to give them an idea.  Until then, obviously you won't be able to pay.  The time missed will get added onto the end.  In other words...if you miss 6 months... you'll have to make it up later.  If you pay until your child turns 18, if you missed 6 months, you'll have to pay for 6 more months passed their 18th birthday.  The support is due, regardless of how long it takes to pay.  It's in your best interest to get a job ASAP.  You are better off notifying the county child support agency first thing Monday.  They need to know, and if you do it right away, it shows you are concerned about the situation.  Keep them informed.  It is the best thing for you and for your children.
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Get in touch with your county child support enforcement agency and advise them you have custody.  They will set you up with a caseworker who will be able to give you the information you need.  If the parent(s) are working they will be able to send a support order to their employer and collect thru wage withhold.\n\nGo to the county child support enforcement agency.  That's where you can begin.\n\nGood luck!!
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Usually, that isn't the question guys are asking... Oh, maybe you aren't the dad, but the mom.  My bad.\n\nIf you were the dad:\nYou could always just give extra money that doesn't go throught the courthouse. \n\nOtherwise, you can request a review, which takes awhile to complete, but child support offices go to the employer and verify all of the income, and then reevaluates the amount per month owed.\n\nSome states give cost of living increases every year, but some don't.  \n\nDon't listen to the jerks telling you that you should be able to support the child on your own.  You didn't get pregnant on your own, and you sure shouldn't have to support that child on your own.  \n\nCircumstances change throughout life, that's why this evaluation is in place.   Consider if you were both very young when you got pregnant and he was in college or working for minimum wage, but now he's got a decent job.  It goes by a percentage of his income.
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Yeah, it may be a shady way of doing it, but if his child support is not coming out of his paycheck, I mean, if he goes and pays it, stop paying it.\n\nSave the money and put it away so that when you go to court you can pay it right away.  \n\nOnce his ex quits getting money, she will call the court and file papers.  He will get served to appear in court.  She will be required to show up too.  When he gets there, and the judge asks what is going on, he can tell the judge he was trying to find his kids.  He can tell him he has all the back money he owes, but that he had no other way to find his kids.\n\nThe judge may get a little mad, but technically if he has the ability to pay the money he owes, they won't do anything to him.\n\nAlso, if he has court ordered visitation every other weekend or whatever, and she never had that changed while your husband was going through depression, she is in contempt of court for not letting him see his kids.  But like you said, it would require a lawyer to find her.\n\nHere are some other ideas.  Try doing some google's for her or the kids.  (If I google my name it goes right to the website of where I work) Check for school web sites.  Does she have any family?  Do you have any idea what city or even what state she may be in?  \n\nAlso, you can mail a letter to her old address and at the bottom you put "Address correction requested."  Make sure your return address is on it and make sure you write the request big and bold and put some extra postage on the letter...I forget how much extra it costs.  If she left a forwarding address with the post office, they will put a sticker on the envelope with her forwarding address and mail it back to you. :-)\n\nThere are some less legal ways to go about it, such as if he has her SSN and birthdate he can try to obtain a copy of her credit report (like through the annual free credit report thing) and it will have her most recent address.  \n\nAnd you would be surprised how a little being nice can help you.  You or your fiance can try calling places she used to work.  Make up a story that sounds good, say you are with a charity or something and call her previous employer.  Say something like, "Hi, my name is So-and_so and I am with the American Red Cross.  I am trying to reach So-and-so"  They will say she no longer works there and you can ask if they know where you can reach her.  You will probably get farther than your fiance with this type of stuff because people will be more suspicious of him looking for a woman.\n\nOr try calling some of the children's old friends.  Or anyone you think might have contact with his ex or the kids.\n\nI am quite good at this type of stuff, feel free to e-mail me and I would be happy to help you.\n\nGood Luck.
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You should probably contact the Child Support Agency for further information if your husband has agreed maintenance payments with them.  FSee below for the link.
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Heres the thing man, I went through it to. There is nothing you can do; in respects to what she does with the money.  She does not have to provide and accounting to anyone of how she spends her child support check.  All she has to do is provide a home evironment for the child/children, you know feed and cloth them, get them to school ext.  If she is neglecting the children and you can prove it then call CPS or hire and attorney to take her back to court and win custody.   But before you do that, put yourself in the judges or a third parties shoes, how do you think others are going to see you case when you present what you have.  Most often emotions come in to play.  Good Luck
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You can open all the accounts you want, just make sure the childs mom does not find out that your able to save money on what is left, she gets gready and wants more. This is when they will start looking at your income. \n\nPaid child support for 12 years.  I gave the impression to the ex that I was poor, but the whole time I was well off.\n\nI paid child support on time only to watch my ex blow it on herself
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Get a job.  Your ex has a child or children to support.  How do you expect them to do it and why should they carry your responsibility for it as well?  GET A JOB!\n\n~  Spoken as the ex who is owed a lot of bucks and know how hard it is when a jerk doesn't pay what he owes.\n\nAre you my ex?  If you are, they are looking for you.....\n\nBest Wishes,\n\nSue