My ex is not paying child support?

Question

I am not sure what I need to do. I have been divorced for 3+ years. We have 2 daughters who are currently 15 & 18. Ever since out oldest daughter turned 18, my ex has had issues paying the support. It is frequently late and he is full of excuses as to why.

We are usually able to talk about this issue with one another but lately, it has not been the case. He lives in Florida and (although I have tried several times to contact him), he is not returning my calls/emails.

I guess I can go back to the court and request that they garnish his wages. I was really trying to have a civil divorce and not go back to court to go over this issue.

Just as a further piece of info to my question, I do have custody and placement of both of the girls (the 18 year old is now a full time college student)

I am only asking for support for our younger daughter. What steps can I take to convince him that it is important that he continue to send the support??

Any suggestions would be welcome.

Answer 1

Okay, you are not alone, my mother is going through the same thing. My sister and I are 18 years old and currently attend college full time. My mother was married to my father for about 22 years, he is legally by law to pay for child support for me and my sister until we are at the age of 22 or 23, or I think it might be until I am finished my schooling and get my first degree. Anyways, he has to pay for a portion of my schooling.

My mom currently gets support for herself, my sister and I. She might get support for herself because she doesn't make that much money and also went back to college to persue another career so she is enrolled in a 1 year 911 emergencies telecommunications course at Seneca. So as soon as she starts making more money she will be paid less by my father but now she is currently getting support because of the huge gap between her income and my father's income, if she didn't get support we wouldn't be able to live comfortably.

Anyways, I suggest that you go through an agency that will make sure that your ex makes child support payments or they will come after him and garnish his wages.

I don't know how they do it in America but in Canada legally my father has to pay child support even though I am still 18, maybe it is because I am enrolled in college as a full time student.

Hope this helps. All the best to you.

Answer 2

He for one should pay support as long as the 18 yr old is in college. But you need to call the child support enforement office of the state that the child support was set. They will start the garnish on there own if need be. does the support go threw there anyhow to keep track? I know in MO if they get $2000 behind they suspend there license and if they get $5000 past due it's a felony. But it's not past due til the end of the month. I would just try to contact the office and see what they can do to help you with your situation. Good luck, I know what it's like to have a father that doesn't pay. My ex is $5400 in the hole, figure he's gonna be mad when they charge him with a felony!!!

Answer 3

If you want to be guaranteed to get your money, go back to Court. That's what I had to do. Not only are they garnishing the monthy money he owes me, they increased the garnishment (on their own) by $300/month to cover the back-owed support.

The Court order was the best thing I did. Even when you try to be civil, sometimes, the other party doesn't want to be so civil. We seem to get along a little better now, since there is no more fighting on when am I going to receive my support. I now know that I will get it (direct deposited - great thing to sign up for) about one week after he gets paid.

Answer 4

Once your oldest turned 18, he no longer had to pay the support for her. However, the 15 year old is due some monies.

Take him to court. He is just angry that he is still being held responsible for anything.

Answer 5

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Once you do that then you can start to worry about getting back together with your ex, other wise you will find that you are fighting about all the same things and getting no where. Do what it takes and I promise things will work out in your favor.

The funny thing is I came to the realization that I had to change a little too late. After I was kicked out and after I was about to lose the only things that truly mattered to me - her love. A funny thing happens when we truly love someone and lose them. We do what ever it takes to get them back. For me I had to drop bad habits that had caused not only our relationship to sour but practically every other relationship I had had in the past. Not only with women, but with friends, co-workers, family, you name it.

Which is why I say to you as my ex at the time said to me, the only thing you can do is change yourself. Work on yourself and improve on the person that you already are. Drop the negative things in your life that don't belong there and you will see all of your relationships start to take off to new heights.

Answer 6

It does sound like you want to handle it like in the past, civily. You need to make sure he is getting the information you're sending. Could there be someone keeping him from getting this info.? He may just need you to go forward to get this matter solved. It will cost to go to court but the outcome will be worth it, right?

Answer 7

you are going to have to go back to court and have his wages garnish and since the older one is in college you can also add that he should still continue to pay support on her since she is a student.....

Answer 8

as long as he doesnt pay you he will always be behind.even after your youngest turns 18 if he isnt current he will owe you.you could try and tell him that,if that doesnt work,take him back to court to get what your daughters deserve

Answer 9

send him an email stating that you hope you dont have to go to court to get financial support but if need be you will.

Answer 10

See your attorney, they'll send him a letter and I'm sure he'll respond right away. In addition, you can even get your payments raised too. Good luck.