how do i get back child support for my kids. they are on medicaid and my ex wont pay and owes $13000.00?

Answer 1

ex-cop here..........contact your loca district attorneys office and ask for the child support office. tell them that you have a dead beat dad that wont pay child support as he was ordered to do. Upside they will look into it and you don't have to pay a lawyer. down side if he refuses to pay he will be put in jail and he won't be able to pay unless they let him out on a work detail then some of the money he makes will be paid as child support. or if he currently has a job. contact a lawyer and tell them you want to have papers drawn up to deduct it from his pay check weekly........good luck

Answer 2

Depends. If you have a court order directing him to pay support, and you have an attorney, your attorney should know enough to prepare an income execution order or wage deduction order as it is sometimes called, and they will garnish his wages, or seize any income tax refunds he may have coming, whatever. If you do not have an attorney, you take that court order to the clerk of the court that issued that order and they have to prepare the order for you. You didn't mention what state you were in, but most states operate pretty much the same. They can even revoke his driver's license for non-payment of child support. But what I don't understand from your question is, when your children are on medicaid, that comes under the realm of social services. Social services has their own attorneys, and they are normally very agressive in bringing deadbeat dads to court to recoup what the state has spent on their children, and assist in getting you your child support. Why have they not done that for you? Sadly to say, you might not be on welfare. And I had to advocate it, but if you go on welfare, then the attorneys for social services definitely will go after your ex for back support rather than have the state have to pay you welfare. And your ex will face jail time if he does not start paying. I'm surprised Medicaid did not tell you this and send you to the department of social services attorney.
Also, if your children had what's called a law guardian, you should call them and inform them your children are going without and have to be on Medicaid because they are not receiving court-ordered support. That is part of the law guardian's job, to look out for the best interests of the children and to make recommendations to the court. Have you gone back to the same court which ordered that support and filed what's called a violation petition? Even if he's in another state, they now have laws that are uniform when it comes to child support.

Answer 3

I've never been lucky enough to have a child, although I DID have a worthless, dead-beat HUSBAND for 15 miserable years.

However, I believe the quickest, easiest way to get the ball rolling would be for you to go out and apply for food stamps. Those people want to know about every penny you take in. Once they find out you have children to provide for, and "pops" ain't pulling his weight, they will go after him FOR you!!!! Rather than to pay for your groceries out of government funds, they will garnish his wages and squeeze every dime out of him they can. After all, they are HIS children too, and his responsibility. They will help enforce this!

Answer 4

Holy sh*t that's alot of money that he owes you.....hmmm well you could go to the could and tell them about it or get a Bondy hunter on his @ss.

Answer 5

check with the attorney generals office

Answer 6

Try the links in http://www.freewebs.com/efinans/

Answer 7

see a lawyer

http://lawyers.findlaw.com/

Answer 8

http://www.collectchildsupport.com/?OVRAW=back%20child%20support&OVKEY=back%20child%20support&OVMTC=standard