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answered on Feb 4, 2019
Assuming that the case is set up through DHS, you can pay it directly through them and they can credit it towards your outstanding balance.
And is the financial status or assets of a step-parent relevant in modifications?
answered on Jan 29, 2019
i dont think you have to provide financial status because in the application form of child support by Mississippi department of human service, i did not find any such financial status information. they ask for your social security number. follow this link to see :... View More 
My ex is trying to to take me to court for $8000 due to not providing my child with insurance. At the time my ex had my child on medicaid in addition i had my child on my insurance through work? Can my ex do this?
answered on Jan 3, 2019
Depending on the court order, your ex may take you to court for contempt due to not having the child on insurance, even though the child may be on Medicaid. If, however, you had your child on your insurance, then it should be a matter of providing that documentation to the court.
In Feb of next year, they will be 21 and 19. Divorce took place in Alabama
answered on Nov 18, 2018
Alabama law would govern this. He will need to consult with an Alabama attorney to better answer this question.
answered on Nov 18, 2018
Back child support really cannot be forgiven, as each one is sort of like a mini-judgment against the paying party. That being said, if the other party agrees that they have received payments for back child support already, that may allow you to reduce the arrearage.
Dhs said that I had to have a court order to stop child support order. When i got the court order and submitted it to Dhs and they tell me that the court order did not specifically say to stop the support order. I feel like this is insane because the court order i submitted to dhs says " that... View More
answered on Nov 8, 2018
You need to get with an attorney, and they can file a petition to terminate child support.
answered on Oct 30, 2018
You would bring a contempt action in the original court where child support was established.
21 year old moved out over a year ago, graduated high school. She just enrolled in college 2 months ago. Twins: 18 years old. Both graduated. One lives at custodial mother's home, the other moved in as a roommate with a friend. Neither of the twins are enrolled in college courses. The... View More
answered on Oct 16, 2018
You should get with a family law attorney to seek a modification of his CS since one child is 21, and based on any change of his income.
He signed my son's birth certificate and he left. This is not his son and my son's father wants to pay child support but my ex will not go and contest his paternity but he also wont pay child support. The office says HE has to contest his paternity and there's nothing I can do until he does.
answered on Oct 16, 2018
The natural father would be the proper party to try and establish custody, especially if there is proof that he is the father, such as through a DNA test.
we are not married. I was there the whole nine months, in the delivery room, signed all the paperwork, paternity was established. the baby has my last name and my adresss. she is on her mothers insureance. i have been paying and buying everything since the first trimester. the mother left when the... View More
answered on Sep 19, 2018
You need to get with an attorney ASAP. As a father, you have certain rights that it looks like she is trying to limit. I'd be curious to see what sort of papers that she showed you, as well as whether they were signed by a judge. That being said, if custody or visitation was never established,... View More
answered on Sep 14, 2018
You could sue him to establish paternity, in which case that would open the door for child support to become established.
My children's father is behind $73,000 in child support. In 2003 I opened a case with DHS, but because he worked under the table they never collected any money from him.
I have recently learn he now own the business. The probably is my children are now 26 and 23.
Can I... View More
answered on Sep 12, 2018
If there is a child support order in MS, then your children have until their 28th birthdays to initiate suit, otherwise he won't have to pay. They need to get with an attorney ASAP, otherwise they may waive their ability to collect.
She is having behavioral issues at home with me. She has always live with me. Never with him. Asked her dad for her to stay with him, she had to change schools, he lives in a different city. It has been a week since she left. Is that grounds for him to stop child support to me?
answered on Sep 10, 2018
It really depends. Once you reach the age of majority (21), you have 7 years from then to sue someone for back child support, otherwise the statute of limitations runs. Your best bet is going to be to consult with a family law attorney to assist with retrieving that back child support, as well as... View More
answered on Aug 29, 2018
Typically, yes, as he is still considered a minor until he turns 21. That being said, if it was a voluntary medical expense that was memorialized through contract (like counseling), then that may change it to where he would be responsible, because the age of being able to contract is 18.
No mention of college expenses in papers. Not sure if the cost of going back to court is worthwhile but at 15,000 year for college, I'm struggling.
answered on Aug 27, 2018
College is normally something that is contemplated in child support papers. Given the facts of your case, you may want to consider consulting with an attorney to discuss a material change in circumstances that warrant modifying the child support to include college.
Without her Mom calling the Cops On Me I haven't Seen Her in months But im still paying Cs
answered on Aug 12, 2018
It really depends on what the custody and visitation order says. If it says that you are to have visitation during a set time, then the mother must produce the child for visitation.
The child's mother has refused the father visitation rights many many times over the last 15 years and has given her son to his father and now is threatening to take the son if the father does not pay her $50 a week to keep their son
answered on Aug 1, 2018
No. With the way that child support works, it follows the child wherever the child lives. Your husband's best bet is going to be to get with an attorney to modify custody, as well as child support, siting the fact that the child now lives with his father and that the mother is threatening to... View More
We have 3 kids 18,12,7. I’ve have him on child support but he don’t pay it. How can I get soul custody of my younger daughters. He’s beat and choke me in front my yougers daughters and his mother has beat on me too. He’s let the oldest daughter friend being heroin needles and heroin to... View More
answered on Jul 8, 2018
Based on the facts as you've told them, you have several grounds for a divorce. Feel free to reach out to any attorney on this forum, as most of us are happy to provide a free consultation to discuss your case, and advise you accordingly.
Is there anything I can do received a letter from courthouse stating it's being terminate he has not paid anything for the kids college education medical or anything..
answered on May 30, 2018
I would be curious to see how exactly that letter was worded, but more so how the child support order was written. Assuming that he is behind on his child support payments and other financial obligations, you may still have an action against him to collect the back child support, unless your... View More
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