Currently the MI website says "Your application for this case is being processed. The Ask a Question feature will become available to you once the application reaches the Prosecuting Attorney." How do I find out what is going on? How long does it take? Getting very low on funds. Any help is... Read more »
Has paternity been established? If not, that could explain the delay.
This is a tough one, but I believe your now-adult children would need to sue. Child support is for the child's benefit, not the other parent, and so they would (likely) be the proper plaintiffs.
why do you think it violates your rights?
Yes. As part of child support, you will pay an equitable portion of child care and health care, if only to reimburse a state as may be the case here.
My fiancé is that even possible?
It's possible. Especially if your fiance has any substance abuse or criminal history.
The mother knows the child isn’t his and has moved to another state when the child was a baby. It’s been 10yrs. Will identifying paternity be enough to stop/close child support case and payments. Will she owe him for all the money that she has taken?
Once your fiance signed the birth certificate (and I presume acknowledgment of paternity), that's saying "I have no reason to dispute paternity". There is a legal mechanism to revoke paternity, but after 10 years, that would be some tough sledding. Further, once his name is on a birth certificate,... Read more »
Use a bondsman to get him out
Depends on what's happening. I would imagine the sentence involves paying a certain amount (all or substantially all of the back support) or serve a number of days in jail. If that is the case, there is no bail for a bondsman to work out.
Family Law is governed by the State you or your children reside; Immigration law is Federal Administrative Proceedings and any attorney anywhere from within the US can represent you. I am an Immigration attorney in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida with 15 plus years of experience and I am fully bilingual... Read more »
When I go to court could I go to jail
Should you get a lawyer and could you end up in jail?
Yes, and yes depending on how much is owed, and what you can do to make a dent in the debt.
Talk with a local family law attorney YESTERDAY to find out how best to proceed.
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He lost his job back in Feb just completely stop paying about a month ago. He doesn't spend time with our daughter or see her at all. He asked the courts to modify his payments
Assuming he lost his job through no fault of his own, chances are pretty good his support will be modified.
You need to have someone representing you at the Friend of the Court hearing/Divorce court hearing to insure the whole situation is explored, and the possibility of increasing the... Read more »
I have a 6 mo th old and filed for child support in March and got a hearing for July. But the other mother filed last week and has a hearing next Monday. Her daughter is older that my son. So I am wondering if she will end up getting more even though I filed first.
It doesn't matter. The child support formula applicable in all cases will account for other support cases. But the actual amount owed in any case is determined by the factors present in each case, specifically your income, his income, the parenting time arrangement, and any child care of health... Read more »
I am in Pontiac, Michigan. I’ve been arrested, had arraignment, posted a $5,000 cash bond and have a PCC next week. I’m trying to figure out if I will have options to make a “purge” payment or set up payment plan, set up wage garnishment or any other options to help keep me from going to... Read more »
Talk with your attorney (you should have been appointed one, and you can always hire one of your own choosing). Without knowing your history, and what your judge tends to view these matters, it's impossible to say what will happen. For sure jail is an option. But I've seen several times where... Read more »
He has him 40% time. But hes in tutoring, extra curricular sports and it's expensive yet the court turned down my request for more child support. Why?
Child support is calculated not only on the amount of time each parent has the child (more specifically, the number of overnights), but also the disparity of income between the two parents. Child support does not "grow" with the child.
Unless either of your incomes substantially change, or... Read more »
He didn't know that the child was born or when, never signed a birth certificate, he knew nothing of her until she was 2 1/2 and the mom reached out to him wanting him in the girls life and wanting no money. she didn't get what she was hoping out of the situation so she pulled the little girl from... Read more »
Your fiance could be obligated to pay support going back to the filing of the paternity action AND the child's birth expenses if provided through state assistance.
In a paternity action, the court is not concerned about the relationship - or lack thereof - of the parties. What matters is... Read more »
I am currently wanting to leave my husband due to physical, mental, and emotional abuse. We have two children together one that is 16 months and the other that is 2 months. He didn't sign the birth certificate for the 16 month old when she was born and we were not married when I had her. We were... Read more »
The 2-month old's paternity is clear: he or she was born during the marriage and so your husband is by default the father whether he acknowledges it or not. The paternity of your oldest child is less clear, and you may eventually need a court ordered DNA test if your husband challenges paternity.... Read more »
My ex wife and I share 50/50 custody, however I pay child support because I was making more than her at the time of our divorce. We have been divorced one year. Is it too early to request a review for a child support modification? I reside in Michigan
The threshold for a modification is whether any change of circumstance would change the support amount by more than $50 or 10%. The state offers a free online child support calculator that you can input your numbers to see if you would meet the criteria.
With the child or the mother how to solve my question as to can she come after me if I want nothing to do with her or the child am I'm gonna have to pay child support down the road I don't want nothin to do with her or the child
The one thing you cannot get out of is child support if its determined that you are the legal father. Whether you are involved with the child (and the mother) is ultimately up to you.
I was making $15hr and moved to Texas currently making 12hr, I'm forced to work all my off days as overtime just to pay the obligation and rent with barely any money left after, not to mention it takes a toll on my body not having any off days, I get my children for the summer court ordered and... Read more »
You may ask the Friend of the Court for an income review.
10,500 dollars in arrears, I filed for felony non support it was granted, two counts of non support with a bench warrant out for arrest las t week, but the FOC has a date for a show cause hearing, in May which case has precedence now, the foc hasn’t done anything as far as making him make any... Read more »
Child support enforcement is almost exclusively in the Friend of the Court's hands. In other words, you do not get to determine the "how" and "when" things happen. Each Friend of the Court office has internal policies regarding enforcement actions.
Rest assured, the arrearages won't go... Read more »
Is there any action I could take to get the amount that added up while incarcerated removed? I was never given a fair opportunity to pay. The person I’m talking to said I would have had to call to inform them that I was incarcerated, my biggest question was how, I did not have access to a free... Read more »
The obligation to inform the Friend of the Court is with you. It does not matter that they found out through other means. Technically, the notice you're required to provide indicates that not only are you incarcerated, but that you also have no ability to pay. While rare, there are people... Read more »
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