new wife , new baby , backdue support

[Anonymous]

new wife, new baby Yea!
still owes ours 30k .

[Anonymous]

Have they attached his wages?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Have they attached his wages?

Can’t. Self “employed”

[Anonymous]

As always, another poster that doesn't include their state so it is impossible to provide actionable advice. As a general matter, you should check the terms of your order, some of which allow you to the case to DCSE without a further showing of good cause. Absent such a provision in your order, you should consult with your lawyer about amending the order to enable you to move the administration of the order to DCSE. With that level of arrears they will take action to suspend his drivers license and certify his passport.

Caveat: Whether you should do this or not depends on whether he actually has income. If he doesn't have income or it has substantially decreased since the order was entered I would not modify and just let the arrears accrue and then move for enforcement later. If his income has decreased your action to enforce the order might prompt him to file to modify and decrease his support. You either need to talk to a lawyer or if your lawyer is throwing up his hands you need a better one.

IANYL

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As always, another poster that doesn't include their state so it is impossible to provide actionable advice. As a general matter, you should check the terms of your order, some of which allow you to the case to DCSE without a further showing of good cause. Absent such a provision in your order, you should consult with your lawyer about amending the order to enable you to move the administration of the order to DCSE. With that level of arrears they will take action to suspend his drivers license and certify his passport.

Caveat: Whether you should do this or not depends on whether he actually has income. If he doesn't have income or it has substantially decreased since the order was entered I would not modify and just let the arrears accrue and then move for enforcement later. If his income has decreased your action to enforce the order might prompt him to file to modify and decrease his support. You either need to talk to a lawyer or if your lawyer is throwing up his hands you need a better one.

IANYL

OP- you got lucky. PP, great post.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As always, another poster that doesn't include their state so it is impossible to provide actionable advice. As a general matter, you should check the terms of your order, some of which allow you to the case to DCSE without a further showing of good cause. Absent such a provision in your order, you should consult with your lawyer about amending the order to enable you to move the administration of the order to DCSE. With that level of arrears they will take action to suspend his drivers license and certify his passport.

Caveat: Whether you should do this or not depends on whether he actually has income. If he doesn't have income or it has substantially decreased since the order was entered I would not modify and just let the arrears accrue and then move for enforcement later. If his income has decreased your action to enforce the order might prompt him to file to modify and decrease his support. You either need to talk to a lawyer or if your lawyer is throwing up his hands you need a better one.

IANYL

OP- you got lucky. PP, great post.

Indeed. DCSE has the case. The license should already be suspended as well as any passport. Its COVID nobody is traveling. He will not know for years. It’s ok. Just kinda weird to know he will be “responsible” for another mouth and he’s not feeding this one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As always, another poster that doesn't include their state so it is impossible to provide actionable advice. As a general matter, you should check the terms of your order, some of which allow you to the case to DCSE without a further showing of good cause. Absent such a provision in your order, you should consult with your lawyer about amending the order to enable you to move the administration of the order to DCSE. With that level of arrears they will take action to suspend his drivers license and certify his passport.

Caveat: Whether you should do this or not depends on whether he actually has income. If he doesn't have income or it has substantially decreased since the order was entered I would not modify and just let the arrears accrue and then move for enforcement later. If his income has decreased your action to enforce the order might prompt him to file to modify and decrease his support. You either need to talk to a lawyer or if your lawyer is throwing up his hands you need a better one.

IANYL

OP- you got lucky. PP, great post.

Indeed. DCSE has the case. The license should already be suspended as well as any passport. Its COVID nobody is traveling. He will not know for years. It’s ok. Just kinda weird to know he will be “responsible” for another mouth and he’s not feeding this one.

PP here and what concrete steps have you taken to enforce the order? Have you filed a show cause motion? Have you conducted discovery to locate his assets? Several states have statutory provisions mandating the award of attorney fees to enforce a CS order so you can recover your expenses in that regard. It may require a bit of effort on your part but it's certainly not an insurmountable burden. OTOH, you're getting interest on the CS arrears and from an investment perspective the interest rate on the arrears probably surpasses whatever you could get in the market right now.