| Who knows? He can dodge for quite a while if he really wanted to. My friend's ex left town and she had no idea where he was for a long time. Even the child support office couldn't locate him. He was living with a friend and getting paid in cash. |
Child support office found him and he has a job and traceable stock. |
| In Moco, filed in September. He was served about a month and a half later. They had set dates for an initial hearing (and paternity establishment) and court date before a judge. Our first hearing was mid- January. No resolution so we went to a pre-court hearing (feb.)where he signed papers before having to go before a judge. This filing was for child support, not custody. First payment was due March. |
What was there to hear? There are guidelines. Did he pay in march? Did you get the retroactive support your child is entitled to receive? |
| I don't know the process for everyone. The hearing presented the guidelines. We could have agreed to a payment within a range. He wanted a private agreement without state involvement. I did not trust a private agreement. So I waited until the pre-trial hearing. His agreed up payment includes an amount towards arrears. Moco accepts only garnished wages as payment. I don't know DC. (I do know DC will seek the previous two years. Moco goes from the date you file.) It took about 6 weeks from the date we signed the agreement for the wages to be garnished. |
Ok so 5 months from file to payment. Are you also in MoCo? |