Question about child support once court order?
Hello ya'all, my name is Holly and I'm from Citrus Heights, California. I just finished the process of getting custody, visitation, and support for my son. The court order the father to pay child support and we are both going 50/50 in all medical, dental, daycare, etc. I understand it takes a long time before my son to see any of his support or he may never see it. However, my question is, the court ordered him to pay from now and back support as well. Wage garanishment too. The order states commencing on 1/1/07. Now, should he pay by 1/1/07 or is that when payment shall start? My indication is that he must start now and 1/1/07 is when he has to pay before they start doing it themselves. I don't want anything bad to happen to his wages, but I don't want my son to miss out. Am I making sense?
Answer:
well from just reading what you wrote here it sounds to me that they will start takin your child support out of his pay starting 1/1/07
good luck
i have been fighting for more child support for almost 7 years i only get 28.00 a month for my son
It'll start in January
Yes you make sense. Yes they will start on that day. He has to try and catch up on his back payments though. I am not sure about your state and their specific laws, but where I live (New Jersey) There is no set time to pay your over due child support. As long as he is working and paying what was granted he should be OK. If he were to file for taxes or win the $$ at a casino, than they would take the money that is past owed to you from his taxes and give it to you.
I think it means he has until January to pay or they will start to garnish his wages.
It sounds like the support order is to start on January 1, 2007. It will take up to two weeks for you to get your first payment once he starts paying.
Sexy mom is correct...his employer will start to with hold the court ordered amount on 1/1/07. It could take a couple of weeks after that for you to start seeing those payments. If he's behind on support when he files his taxes, then the arrears will be taken from his tax refund before he gets any of that money.
In the meantime, I would encourage you to sit down with the father and explain to him your concerns. The holidays are coming up and nobody can afford to be without the amount owed them. Ask him to contribute NOW to your son's support. Let him know that this isn't like financing a car where there are "no payments 'til Jan 07!"...this is parenting and it costs money every single time you turn around.
Good luck to you
If he is only paying by wage garnishing, then this will start 1/1/07. That doesn't mean you'll get money on this day, because of course you won't be getting monies every day, it'll be once or twice a month, so you'll either get a cheque 2 weeks or month after that date. If he is also paying on his own, then you should expect a first cheque on 1/1/07, but if he hasn't been paying himself already, then I wouldn't count on it.
He doesn't have to start now. It will begin Jan 1 but like everyone is saying, that's not when you'll actually recieve the money. It will take 2-4 weeks from there. Meanwhile, his arrears continue to grow during this time. He can pay now with a check each week and turn those in for credit. It's in his best interest to do so but many don't see it that way. In Michigan, you get an extra amount each week for arrears, usually a small percentage of what they're behind. For instance if support is $75 per week and he's behind $1000, you would get an extra $5-10 per week totalling $80-85 till the arrears are paid off. They also take taxes in Michigan. They charge him interest also on the arrears, another point to it being in his best interest in paying now and showing them receipts.
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