I have full custody of my children. my ex is currently unemployed, is he obligated to pay child support?

Answer 1

He is only obligated to pay you something if he has some form of income.

Answer 2

If he's unemployed, probably not. Child support is determined on an individual basis in family court, so without knowing the specific terms of your custody agreement I can't say for sure, but it would be unusual for someone with no formal income to be made to pay child support. Child support obligations are typically scaled to reflect the parent's income, rather than being a fixed rate, and any percent of zero is still zero.

Answer 3

If the court awarded you child support, then he is obligated to pay it. If he's unemployed and has no income, most courts would give him a reasonable amount of time to find a job, and make up any back child support he owes, but the fact that he doesn't have a job does not relieve him of the obligation to support his children.

Long-term or habitual failure to pay could result in a contempt of court charge, and jail time.

Answer 4

Are you working, and able to substantially provide for your children's wellbeing? Is the Child Support you receive from your ex-partner a vital part of your overall income, or are you pursuing it (and putting this question here) to make a point?

As a divorcee myself I can see the other side of the question; in my case, for the sake of my son, I moved out of the marital home despite just having been made redundant, due to the intolerable behaviour of my (now ex-) wife; incidentally, her new boyfriend (and now husband, poor guy) moved in 4 weeks later - go figure!

I found myself a job as quickly as I could, in order to keep providing for my son. Custody was not an issue here, and eventually he spent part of the week with me, and part with her; bearing in mind that I had been forced to get a lower paying job than I would have normally expected with my levels of qualification and experience, and that my wife and her new partner were on exceptionally good incomes (the training for which I had financed in her case) her requests for 'child care' payments were obviously dictated by reasons other than pure financial ones.

In the case of your ex; if you are in the situation you describe, then you have both been through a tough time. Continuing to kick him while he is down will only prove counter productive; in my case it all ended up with a nervous breakdown and a conviction. If he is any sort of man, he will continue to contribute as soon as he is able; if he doesn't, then you are well rid of him!!

Answer 5

Yes, however, how your state chooses to deal with it depends upon the laws individual to that state. For example, in Michigan, the state pays the child support and then goes after the parent for the money. In Arizona, if the money doesn't show up, the custodial parent gets nothing and has to take the parent back to court to get what is owed.

Answer 6

By law, he probably should.

Morally, I don't know.
He should support his children financially, regardless what the parent's situation is..

Many people think that a "Child Support' order from a court is the next step in a custody situation, when actually it was designed as a last resort.

Answer 7

If he's a pilot you take 1/2 of what he don't earn divide it by 2 added to the number of windows in the whitehouse subtracted by the number of children. Now take that number and write it on a 11X14 piece of yellow paper. Fold it and put it in your pocket. Go outside and run around the block 4 times and rhe first garbage can you see put the yelloe paper in it.

What the heck does your question have to do with aircraft?

Answer 8

yes ma'am he is. rather he has a job or not he is obligated to pay child support. if he don't have a job he would have to get one. if child support is automatically taken out of his check or income u have nothing to worry about because you will receive what's needed for the child(ren). if u haven't taken child support out on him, like going to the court to do this, then u are in for a ride and need to make sure this is done asap.

Answer 9

Child support is a formula that is calculated on both of your incomes. If he has no income, what does he have to give? Check with Social Services, and follow their guidance.

Answer 10

What country are you in?

If it's the UK I would assume you would get extra benefits direct from the governement after explaining your circumstances to the benefits office, since your partner is not earning. He or she would presumably get something toward his/her own upkeep, but not be expected to contribute to the children at this present time.