First call CS and see if they will continue to collect for you. If he pays say 300. per month and 50. for back support then he will pay 350. per month to arrears. If they will not contact your local court and ask them if the have a pro se office or legal aid. They will also have a law library and they can help you look up what you need. I did do a lien years ago but don't remember exactly how, but it was not to hard. You could also try to remind him he still owes you the money and work out a payment plan, using a possibile lien as leverage. Good luck Cat.
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As long as he is paying they most likely not collect a lump sum unless he has the money and wants to pay the debt off. He can continue to pay monthly payments until the balance is 0. It is kinda up to him if he wants to pay the lump sum. They can offset HIS portion of his joint tax return every year, but his wife can file to keep her share of the return so you will get about half. As long as he is paying regularly then you most likely will not get a lump sum unless he takes a loan out from his 401K and pays himself back. As long as you are getting paid I wouldn't complain...
Fedupwithsystem
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You can also try asking the court (office) where your child-support order was granted. They may be helpful and tell you what paperwork you can file, to go before a judge and ask for a judgment. I had to do this for a judgement of half child-care expenses against my ex. After you have the judgement, you will need an official copy to file in the county your ex lives in. You can also contact that office to find out how to file the judgement.
Good Luck!
You can also try asking the court (office) where your child-support order was granted. They may be helpful and tell you what paperwork you can file, to go before a judge and ask for a judgment. I had to do this for a judgement of half child-care expenses against my ex. After you have the judgement, you will need an official copy to file in the county your ex lives in. You can also contact that office to find out how to file the judgement.
Good Luck!
questionable10
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My husband has a judgement on him for his past due child support and it was not hard to work out at all. Of course both parties had lawyers present but it was just solely for the legalease of the paperwork and it took one day (about 2 hour) of meeting with everybody to come to agreement on amount (their was a very large dispute on the amount of arrearages due the ex) and doing the paperwork and then one day in court for the judge to sign the paperwork. I know money is tight as it was with both parties but it was worth us paying our attorney about $500 to get it done. As for the liens and all that, it is my understanding that he has to currently behind on his court ordered obligations for that to happen and it doesn't really get you ahead of the game by filing one either. Once your daughter turns 18 his child support payments should go down (it should say so in the court order, at least in TX it does) and that the difference between what he is paying now (he will continue to pay his set amount) and what he would have been paying if he had been paying all along will go towards the arrearages.
If your goal is collecting what is owed, consider the ramifications of certain collection measures available. You state he has been paying reliably for some time now in your first post and paying toward arrearage? Now the whole payment will be able to go toward arrearage.
So, if you, for example, get his driver's license yanked, you might cost him the job that enables him to make these payments (I know my job absolutely requires personal transportation). Also, if he's incarcerated, the payments will stop. So think hard about what is logical and what is actually going to end up costing YOU payments. While it is understandable that you want a lump sum payoff, those funds just may not be there, and if his own credit stinks, he may have no borrowing power to borrow it. I'm in RE, and I see many homes that have NO equity left to borrow from because of use of equity lines for consumer purchases and debt payoff), so don't presume that homeownership equals equity that can be tapped, if he is even in title.
So, if you, for example, get his driver's license yanked, you might cost him the job that enables him to make these payments (I know my job absolutely requires personal transportation). Also, if he's incarcerated, the payments will stop. So think hard about what is logical and what is actually going to end up costing YOU payments. While it is understandable that you want a lump sum payoff, those funds just may not be there, and if his own credit stinks, he may have no borrowing power to borrow it. I'm in RE, and I see many homes that have NO equity left to borrow from because of use of equity lines for consumer purchases and debt payoff), so don't presume that homeownership equals equity that can be tapped, if he is even in title.
stepmom&mom
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Lady, get the hint. You can't make him pay it in full. As long as he continues to pay monthly, it will continue that way. Get over it. It sounds to me like you care more about getting some quick cash than you do about your children's relationship with their father. You should get your priorities straight.
WHWT said:
So, the obligation to comply with the court order ONLY applied to HIS obligations? You had no obligation to comply with the CO and produce the children for visitation per order? And while you want to collect your back support NOW, how is he to collect the back visitation you did not enforce, NOW?
Hmmm. When I was a teen, I sometimes got to do my own thing, and sometimes I had family obligations that trumped my right to just choose what I wanted to do. Like visiting grandparents in the nursing home, taking dad to speech, occupational and physical therapy, watching my little sister, etc. You just decided that your teens had every right to just decide that their thing was more important than their duty to spend time with dad - and failed to take punitive action if they refused their duty?
There really is No way to force a large lump sum payment. I understand your wanting it, but unless you can show he has the money laying around, it is not going to happen.(Even then it is not easy) My ex use to owe my about 35,000. A after not making ANY payments for almost a year he was arrested with over 4 1/2 pounds of gold kugerants. It was VERY VERY difficult to get the state CSE to seize them for CS.
Really, if he has been paying the best you can really hope for is he continues to make payments until it is paid off, or that he wins the lottery.
Really, if he has been paying the best you can really hope for is he continues to make payments until it is paid off, or that he wins the lottery.
Whyte Noise
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If ignorance was bliss, some folks would be orgasmic.
stepmom&mom
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Fortunately, your opinion doesn't count for much in the legal spectrum of things. You might be of the opinion that his wife should pay you, but she owes you nothing. This is not her debt, nor will it ever be.
P.S. Your husband is not their dad. In fact, I recommend that you be careful. If you are trying to mentally brainwash your children into disregarding their father, that could get you into legal trouble.
P.S. Your husband is not their dad. In fact, I recommend that you be careful. If you are trying to mentally brainwash your children into disregarding their father, that could get you into legal trouble.
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