I have a 6 month old, how much should her father pay in child support?
More than $200 a month! Way more. And he makes 80,000?? For the sake of everyone involved take it to court and get some official ruling. If you two weren't married no matter how amicable it is he still has full rights to her (without a court order.) That means he can at any time come in and take her and the cops can't do anything about it because there is no LEGAL custody arrangement. We just has a situation in my town where a dad took his daughter to TX and he was deported (he was in the US illegally) and they sent his daughter with him even though she was a citizen because there was no custody arrangement and her mom (who is a US citizen was back in WY.) Courts/LE can't do anything about it. As far as money goes, my BF's ex pays him $600 a month for their little boy and she makes around 90,000 (in MT.) He should be paying you way more and the fact that he is not willing to pay you more even though he has it says so much to me. He doesn't deserve it to be amicable. Take his lazy a** to court and get what you and your daughter deserve! Plus, you don't want him to later down the road decided to try and take her from you.
Can I report my father for not paying child support?
I’m pretty sure your Mom (presumably the obligee here) already knows that the support isn’t being paid. She is the party with standing to seek contempt for divorce-related defaults (sounds like the “55% of severance pay” is due to a settlement).If Dad is in the United States or a similar place, there is most likely a support enforcement agency involved who also knows that the support isn’t being paid. I work for such an agency. We will bring petitions for finding of contempt when our defendants don’t pay, even without input from the plaintiff.So there’s no particular need to “report” him. The system will catch up to him and make him explain himself. If you so feel moved and have competent evidence, you could testify at a modification or contempt proceeding.Voluntarily quitting a job isn’t an excuse for failure to pay support. Losing a job involuntarily might be, although the obligor will be generally expected to make some effort to replace the lost income.
Am I able to sue my father for back child support that he never paid for the first 17 years of my life?
If you want, you can certainly file a lawsuit - unless you know for sure that your parent had not surrendered his parental rights.You can file and you can get a favorable judgement since that money were to be used for your welfare all these years. However, the judgement is just that - a judgement, it is not a guarantee of a successful collection. You will have to do the collection yourself: while you were young, and if that lawsuit were filed, law enforcement would have helped you, and now that you are an adult, you will be on your own.The collection will involve knowing where your parent is, and who is the employer of that parent, so you can serve a garnishment order to that employer. If your parent is a freelancer or has no permanent employment/source of income, then there is no way to garnish his wages; if your parent is a trust-fund baby, there's no way to collect on it either as he does not own a trust and has no control over it (many people use trust funds to shield their assets for precisely such situations).The filing and the judgement will cost you - legal representation and court fees; these are guaranteed. Your outcome - successful judgement and successful collection is not a guarantee.You sound as if you could use that money, however it also means that you will need to spend money first. If you can spend this money and time in court, then you can certainly proceed; and if not, it's best to leave it - the pain and aggravation spent on uncertain outcome is not worth it. It is very rarely that a parent will wake up to their responsibilities after ignoring them for close to 2 decades; you will also be cutting it very close to the statute of limitations.
When a child dies and the father is on child support, will the child support stop?
I don’t know how other people who have not been caught up in the child support hustle can answer this question like I have seen the real estate person answer but the truth of the matter is if the family court system can still hold you responsible for a child to be proven not yours after a DNA test do you really think they gonna let you off the hook because of a lil thing like death? The system is not set up for the benefit of the child! The system is set up for the match of dollar for dollar from the Fed Gov. it’s like getting caught up in the criminal system. Once you in you in it for life. They can come at you anytime with they BS and instead of color it’s a war on fathers situation. You a male you get fvcked plain and simple. Take you’re four days a month and just be happy with what they are giving you in the first place. So if the child dies you still on the hook for the remainder of the payout period. Look it up in the Fathers Lives Matter groups if you question what I have just revealed too you.
Can a father get out of paying child support by moving to canada?
ok i am still pregnet with my x's kid and i found out he was cheating so i ended our relashionship i tried every thing i could to be as nice as posible but he wanted to give the kid up for adoption i said no now i have this new boyfriend and my x wants me to get the new guy to adopt the kid i said no cause it aint his respospbitly he is trying everything to get out of paying child support orignley he said he wanted to just sign his rights over and never see his kid now he thinks if he moves to canada he can get out of paying is it posible for him to get out of childsupport if he leaves the US also i dont have his social how will srs find him if he moves
Should I make my dad pay back child support? I'm 19 and he outright refuses even though he's been in my life since I was 12.
Btw he refuses to work, ever. He says he has a disability and lives off welfare but he has nothing wrong with him. He won't legally take us as his daughters and says there is no way to prove it. I know that I can still ask for the back child support until I'm 23. I feel bad cause he made me, but he avoided me most of my life. I've seen him maybe a whole day in the past four years. Odessa is 18, I'm 19. The messed up thing is he just got married and has two step sons that he is more than willing to spend time with but he neglected to do that with us when he had the chance. My sister and I need the money for college and hospital bills, as I am awaiting results on weather I have thyroid cancer and she is trying to apply for college. My mom had a really hard time raising us, and she would help with college which she is trying to do now, but she works herself to death and I can't accept help from someone who needs to help herself. I know I technically can't do anything about it, but it's so frustrating watching her struggle all these years. I am self sufficient for the most part, but my sister still lives with her. He wants to 'be' in our lives, and by be in our lives he means the odd phone call or email every once in a couple months. I love him and I'd like to work on our relationship, but my mom is struggling because of what he failed to do, and she always puts us before herself. She's tried to make him pay, but he moves or changes his number. Another update. I'm twenty years old one, and things have only gone downhill. I tried to take your advice and build a relationship with him but he has pushed me away and said he wants nothing to do with me. I'd rather have never know my father than have us at a relationship like this. And to answer your question, at the time my mother was in Oklahoma and I was in tennessee. She moved closer and still works herself to death. My father was not in my life until I was twelve because he didn't care about us and abandoned us. He is still a self centered child and at his point I don't want his money or anything to do with him. Yes,I am angry, and rightfully so. He told my little sister he wished she had never been born and told me the same thing and on top of that he told me it after I went to visit him in Florida for two weeks as he was driving me to the airport. He is quite piece of shit. He will die alone. And I'm happy that he and I don't talk anymore because he is toxic.
Why do fathers think it’s okay to not pay child support?
My ex and I split up 3 years ago. I never fought him on paying half the childcare costs even though I was within my legal right to do so. He is ordered to pay $544 per month for two kids based on his $45k per year salary. He says he can’t afford it because he had to save money to get his license back (lost due to DUI’s). He refuses to take the kids more than 2 nights per month and refused to get a second job to cover things he has still managed to work throughout the years with no license. His parents think it’s okay for him not to pay and he says it’s no big deal. Meanwhile my fiancé just gave up his health insurance so he’d have more money to help support my kids while I’m in PA school (and also working two jobs). Child support is for the basics like food and shelter, and he is contributing zero. I also have provided all transportation the last couple years. So many people I know think this is fine. We decided together to have the kids. Why is this okay?