Q: Does it make sense that the Child support office can close a case on a non paying father before child is 18?
My son is 8, & his father was ordered to pay child support 8 years ago. 3 years ago I went to court because he was deliquent, He did not show. The court cited that he owed $10,000, and failure to pay he was supposed to serve 90 days. I have received nothing since, however, when I recently inquired with the child support office they stated that I was non compliant with the case and they sanctioned me, they informed me that the case had been closed a year ago. I have received no contact from the child support office to inform me that they were closing my case nor had I received any contact from them in order to be non compliant. I am unable to receive any sort of welfare benefits because of this and it has definately become a headache trying to navigate through the system. Does it make since that 8 yrs after a child support case has been opened and paternity established that the CS office would close a child's case?
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A: I suggest that you ask to speak to the head of the IVD program to determine in what way you were non-compliant and how it is that they show that you were. If you were, correct the situation and seek to have the case reopened.
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