This week, I received an E-mail from a concerned mom who is unable to pay the child support she owes. Here's what she had to say:
In many cases, such as Angela's, there is a change in circumstances that necessitates a modification of the child support order. Read the FAQ What to Do When You Can Not Afford to Pay the Child Support You Owe to learn more about changed circumstances and how to request the modification of a child support order.
Related: Finding Your Local Child Support Enforcement Office | Finding a Lawyer Online
References:
Grall, Timothy S. "Custodial Mothers and Fathers and Their Child Support: 2003." Child Support Reports. Jul 2006. U.S. Census Bureau. 15 Nov. 2006 [http://www.census.gov/prod/2006pubs/p60-230.pdf].
I am a parent who pays child support for one child and have three children at home to support and one in college. Because I live out of state, the court decided the maximum for me to pay and did not consider my other children.Unfortunately, Angela is not alone in being a parent who owes child support and is unable to pay. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 7,256,000 custodial parents were due child support in 2003. However, only 3,290,000 (or 45.3%) received the full amount.
I am currently disabled and have no income. Meanwhile, child support payments are still due, even while I am not able to work. How do I make it with little or no finances?
~Angela W.
In many cases, such as Angela's, there is a change in circumstances that necessitates a modification of the child support order. Read the FAQ What to Do When You Can Not Afford to Pay the Child Support You Owe to learn more about changed circumstances and how to request the modification of a child support order.
Related: Finding Your Local Child Support Enforcement Office | Finding a Lawyer Online
References:
Grall, Timothy S. "Custodial Mothers and Fathers and Their Child Support: 2003." Child Support Reports. Jul 2006. U.S. Census Bureau. 15 Nov. 2006 [http://www.census.gov/prod/2006pubs/p60-230.pdf].
i know i am not the only one with this problem.there must be many others like me. i have 3 children i pay child support on. i have worked many years and always did my best to support them. in the last few years i have suffered from injuries and ailments that have prevented me from continuing my line of work.i have done construction all my life.i have very few skills otherwise to offer the workforce.i have sever arthritis in the lower extremities making it impossible to stand for 8 hr shifts.i retained an atty that informed me that ky has what they call a clean hands law. i cannot apply for modification to my order without being current on all my pmts. i cannot become current on my pmts without being able to work. as i have been self employed for many yrs i am ineligible for disability benefits.i have a court date rapidly approaching and i have no idea where to turn.any suggestions would be greatly appreciated and can be sent to moosellini@ yahoo.com thank you
Bryan: it seems to me that you are stuck. There is really nothing you CAN do, other than hit up some rich relative to borrow the money. (yeah, right). If you cannot take out a loan from the bank for the back support or take cash off of a credit card(s) to pay the balance owed, you cannot file for change of circumstances. I’d suggest you use all available credit from any cards you now have or can possibly get. Pay the balance in full, then file the forms for change of circumstance. THEN you will be left with many thousands in credit card debt. You can call a credit counseling service (there are many) and have the payments lowerd and the interest lowered because you are disabled and not able to make the card payments. Your credit rating will suffer, but at least you won’t go to jail.
k well i work at a gas station part time and make pennies and i have to pay rent insurance gas food and i made only enough where the judge said was around $25 and i said thats not enough so she jacked up to $75 well ive been struggleing i cant find another job ive quit drinking and i haven’t seen her in over a year i get to talk one every 2 weeks when she see’s my parents and the mother wont let me see her this summer cause i missed a few payments (shes too imature to talk to me) so i gotta figure out how to get a ghost money and she wont let me see my baby girl and i dont know what to do … ive done nothing wrong to hurt my daughter EVER ( the mom drank while preg didnt let me know told me she wasent preg did some dumb things with my daughter) i really dont know what to do and i feel like im gonna lose it
I am a mother who lost my oldest a few years ago and the father has not and wont let me see my kid at all and than he filed childsupport and now i have to pay 300.00 a month for a child i cant even see even tho it is court ordered that i can i am a single mom with another child i have not been able to find a job i get medicade and foodstamps what should i do
STOP HAVING CHILDREN!!!!!!!
If you owe child support your lives are over! YOU HAVE NO RIGHTS! THE U.S. CONSTITUTION NO LONGER APPLIES TO YOU! YOUR FUTURE, YOUR LIVES ARE ALL SUBJECT TO THE CONTROL OF A JUDGE! Your movements, private life, money, conversations are under the control of a judge! YOU CAN FORGET HAVING DREAMS OR A FUTURE! YOUR LIFE IS OVER! DOMESTIC RELATION CASES, CASE LAW HAS MADE THE U.S. CONSTITUTION VOID FOR YOU! YOU ARE RULED OVER BY A JUDGE! ANYONE THAT SAYS YOU HAVE RIGHTS IS A LIAR OR DELUDED! IF YOU EVEN HAD MONEY TO PAY ALL YOUR CHILD SUPPORT THEY WOULD JUST ADD INTEREST. THEN YOU WOULD OWE TRIPLE WHAT YOU NOW OWE! CHILD SUPPORT IS NOT MEANT TO BE PAID OFF! This isn’t child support it’s called slavery! America is not a free country. It’s a communist nightmare for men and anyone owing child support! We are living under TYRANNY!
IT WOULD BE BETTER TO FIGHT THIS GOVERMENT AND PERISH THAN TO LIVE AS A SLAVE!
I live on disability, can’t work. Have heart failure, an enlarged heart, 25% of my heart left, heart blockage of 50%, hypertension and sleep on a machine. I live in illinois on 700.00 a month and they are trying to take my disability and put me on the street! My kids are grown and on their own! I paid child support all my life. My child support was trippled 3 times because they added thousands for interest!
IF YOUR SMART BRIAN YOU WON’T PAY ONE DIME IN SUPPORT, I’M NOT PAYING ANYMORE! I’LL NOT PAY NO MORE! YOU PEOPLE THAT SUPPORT THIS ARE THE SAME TYPE OF PEOPLE THAT MURDERED THOUSANDS OF JEWS IN WWII!
YOUR THE SAME TYPE OF PEOPLE! YOU BULLIES, YOU ABUSERS YOU LOVE PUSHING AROUND THE POOR AND DISABLED! YOU SELF CENTERED HYPOCRITES WITHOUT COMPASION!
I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE!
I have to pay $630 a month for child support the problem is i don’t have a good job that pays enough for me to live on my own. Child support takes 50% of my check leaving me with nothing. I don’t know what else to do because i cant live a normal life…
Seemed well enough to father them at the time…
I pay out the ass in child support here in Florida and for the longest time the system was withholding payments that were never received to the mother so now I owe tons more money that I could never repay. This isn’t child support it’s a scam and a eugenics op. Just google eugenics and your eyes will be wide open. The people at the top hate us and believe in de-population. They hate that we breed and they think of the family unit as a threat. Don’t believe me go to prisonplanet.com and discover the truth!
My son is in the same boat as many of u r..he has 4 kids…he cant get a decent job because of back child support…so when he does find a job he looses it because these women r always taking him to court and having him thrown in jail..how come the mothers r allowed to lay up and live off the system..but the dad has to work? How come the judge doesnt say enough is enough..my sons in jail as we speak..when he gets out of there another county will pick him up…the child support and judges are sorry. They dont care about the kids..if they did they wouldnt charge a fee for their services..and the judges they get bonuses..hows that? All these deadbeat dads as they say need help to..this is all one sided i dont care..its all for the women to hell with the kids and the dads…they dont talk to u unless u have money then everyone wants to be heard…i have made phone calls to state reps..senators…congressmen..judges…lawyers…they are all jokes…
Going to court doesn’t help if your ex is a government employee in the county where the case is. It’s all about who you know.