if you put somebody on child support and they don't pay what happens to them? do they go jail?

Answer 1

ull get your money. that is fo sho. the gov't will eventually take the money out of the check before that person even gets it. what they dont pay just adds up. my friend, who is 21, and her mom are still getting thousand dollar checks regularly.

Answer 2

My father has been placed in jail a few times for not paying his child support. He hasn't paid in a few years and has racked up quite a tab. He lives out of the state that I do, so he will only be placed in jail if he sets foot in the state that I am in (and is caught). (he is actually on the DOT's most wanted list of deadbeat dads, but enough about me) It's not an immediate thing I do not believe, there are lengthy court proceedings that my mother has had to endure and lawyer bills as well. But child support isn't something that goes away, once its owed it's always owed. (at least in massachusetts!)

Answer 3

Only if the judge orders it. i have a paper right here it says no. staff can locate non- paying parents but other enforcentment actions including arrest must follow a flow through the county prosecutor office, the court and county sheriff's office

Answer 4

yes they will go to jail,not paying child support is the same thing as willful neglect.

Answer 5

My sister-in-law's ex is one of Michigan's top 10 dead beat dad's. He is more than $50,000 in arrears. He sits at his house all day long and drinks, smokes pot, and plays video games. Her kids think he is great. She has had him put in jail a few times, but his mother always bails him out.

Answer 6

IF THAT PERSON WORKS LET THE COURTS KNOW, THEN THE COURTS WILL ASKED THEM TO COME IN AND ASK FOR PROOF OF EMPLOYMENT AND PAY. THEN THAT PERSONS WAGES WILL BE GARNISH. THEN IT WILL COURT ORDER. IF THAT PERSON QUITS THEIR JOB THEY WILL HAVE A WARRANT OUT.

Answer 7

Yes, if they get far enough behind they will.