Child Support Question.?

Question

Can a person paying for Child Support request an audit so to speak, to make sure the payments are being invested in the children? North Central Wis. Thank you.

Answer 1

child support can be used for anything rent for that child heating.water,food support for a child covers alot and unfortunatly child support checks are not enough to cover it all

Answer 2

According to the laws of most states, you have no right to tell the designee where the money is spent or how...the "designee" can spend it to buy steaks for her boyfriend while the kids get mac and cheese every night or the "designee" can spend it on new clothes to impress his latest ho while the kids get seconds from the church. There is nothing you--or the law--can do about it...only take YOU to jail if you don't pay...and the law refuses to change the system that will work, that will directly benefit the children for whom the money is intended...seen this happen way too many times to too many children, some I am related to, some I am not. I have seen this done by both the female and the male custodial parent. There has got to be a better way...I have a few ideas and I am sure I am not the only one--problem is, they make sense and would save money: the government/courts would never go for it.....

Answer 3

No.
Coming from somebody who thinks that this should be the case in certain cases, the courts generally assume that the custodial parent is spending the money on the children (I know, assume, *** out of u and me). They tend to see this sort of request as harassment and will respond appropriately, unless you have proof to the contrary.
What's proof? I really wouldn't know. The CP going out for a night probably wouldn't be. But if you can prove actual child neglect, you may be able to change custody. While that won't help with the child support that you have paid out, it may ensure the child is in a home that cares more about them as a person than a paycheck.

Answer 4

No--you can't-although it wouldn't be a bad idea. Child support is intended to cover the needs of the child but all too often we see slacker-moms spending it on their partying and ignoring the needs of their children. The best you can hope for--if you suspect abuse is to speak with social services--or the family court commissioner and have a guardian at litem appointed for the kids. If the childrens' needs are going unmet and mom is abusing - it is probably not in the best interest of the children to be in her 'care' anyway.

Answer 5

I don't really think so, tried it in TX and AZ and NM, and there was nothing on the books stating that I had any right to know where child support was going to, and how it was spent. I don't know if other states can make that information availabel to you but the should. And another think (in case you did not know) if you are paying child support and when its tax time, you will be taxed for whatever you made, and the person receiving the child support does not have to report it as extra income on their income tax forms. And you get no breaks for the child support you send.

Answer 6

I'm not from Wisconsin, but I don't think so. The only thing I think you could do is ask the court for a review of child support amount paid. That way the other parent has to write down everything coming in and where that money is being spent.

Answer 7

The law is only designed to collect child support, there is nothing to account for how the money is spent to ensure the child being properly looked after.

Support was never meant to pay all of the mothers bills, just the smal portion of expenses incurred by the child. UNfortunately, most of the money is spent on the mother's bad habilts.

This has to be changed!

Answer 8

I am not sure what the state laws are in Wisconson but many states do allow audits to a very limited degree. 99% of the time it costs much more to raise a child then the other parent collects in child support so I am not sure why an audit would be helpful.

Answer 9

Its child support, not child trust fund..support doesnt even cover the amount of food they eat per month (plus school lunches).

They don’t require it because of the obvious;

1) the state would have to make a department to handle this issue (workers with administration)(cost the state LOTS of money).
2) the parent would go to court to request it (cost the state money)
3) the court would write up the court order and the process would begin (cost the state money)
4) the letter would be sent to the parent requesting receipts of the $600 per month in CS and how it was spent (cost the state money to pay someone to type it, mail it, postage)
5) she would send in receipts-
---FOOD-($400 per month plus $120 for lunch money)
---HOUSING ($1000 [average] month mortgage today) for she could get a one room apt if she wasn’t a parent.
---ELECTRIC ($200-$600, depending upon if its your heat too)
---HEAT (obviously required to survive)
---GAS, AUTO (used to take child to doctors, dentist, school, pick up from school, activites, missed bus, etc)
---Clothing, over the counter medicine, school activities, sports, class trips, and sooo much more.

the courts CS department would receive it, open it and they would review it, and say “oh shyt, it paid for something of the childs needs” (cost the state money). the court would send out a letter to the parent questioning where the money goes, with a judges signature and "hey stupid, where do you think it goes"? (cost the state money).

its easy to see where it goes... problem is, some parents don’t know how to add.

Answer 10

Not sure about your state, but as long as the prosecutor gets the order going and the funds are being delivered on time, the mother or father receiving them can use it for whatever. That is what sucks about the whole child support system. I could be supporting a crack habit for all I know...