Q: Hi I have been paying support over 19 years at work attached payments and 5 years myself im still paying
2016 my uc ran out i was done in 08 with child support they lost my record had to go back me and my wife and they came up with I owed her 2000$and 24000 to the state I've paid a total of close to 20 years she won't miss work to go stop the order when it was current they were taking from mr and sending to our address if I never got laid off I believe this would of went on forever I can't explain every thing here but we were dumbfounded when they came up with this figure HELP! the pandemic hit I was out work they had my license suspended after we made a phone settlement and too our second stimulus check how we can I owe that much?
A: You really need to gather all records you have, including getting a copy of your payment history. It's not necessarily a question of how many years you paid; it's a matter of how much money you owe during the period you were ordered to pay child support. It is possible to have arrearages - money you should have paid but didn't; in other words, if you were ordered to pay $500 a month, but you were only able to pay $400 a month, you would start accumulating $100 a month in arrearages. That amount doesn't disappear just because the child turns 18; you still owe that amount. Without a clear picture of your payment history and your file, it's impossible to say exactly what's going on and how to fix it.
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