Q: My fiancé has a son who is 12 yrs old and lives with his mother in Puerto Rico.
My fiancé who uses my address in FL, but is only in FL 3-5 days out of the month since he started working as an independent contractor and drives all over the states. He was married to the mother of his child for 3 months in PR, they got divorced and a child support was established. After the divorce he moved from PR to GA in 2014, started working and continued paying child support. In 2016 he moved to FL with me, but was unable to find a stable job, started driving for Uber, but then he ran into some problems with the law and wasn’t able to continue working for Uber since his background check showed he was arrested. To resolve the situation he had to go into a diversion program and all the charges were dropped. By the end of that time frame he owed $6000 in child support, but recently started working and was paying directly to the mom. He just received on the mail a notice of registration of foreign support order from the FL county where I reside. What does this mean? Thank you,
A: The support order was registered/domesticated in the county where you live. Is your address on his driver's license or did he provide your address as his home of record. Regardless, since the order is now registered in FL, his wages may be garnished by the FL Department of Revenue for child support.
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