lien on real estate

[spousesteparent]

What is the name of your state? california but reside in florida
Background information:
-Child resides in Orange County California
-child on probation
-child removed from care of father due to homelessness
-child made ward of the court
-child placed in residential care
-mother resides in Florida
-mother does not desire to assume custody of child due to issues with father and child (inability to control child's behavior)
-mother has $800.00 per month income
-mother is remarried and owns home jointly with stepparent spouse on deed
Question:
Is the jointly owned home in Florida subject to a lien by the State of California if child support judgment is made?
Will ownership of asset affect amount of child support requested or is amount based on income/debt alone?

 

[LdiJ]

What is the name of your state? california but reside in florida
Background information:
-Child resides in Orange County California
-child on probation
-child removed from care of father due to homelessness
-child made ward of the court
-child placed in residential care
-mother resides in Florida
-mother does not desire to assume custody of child due to issues with father and child (inability to control child's behavior)
-mother has $800.00 per month income
-mother is remarried and owns home jointly with stepparent spouse on deed
Question:
Is the jointly owned home in Florida subject to a lien by the State of California if child support judgment is made?
Will ownership of asset affect amount of child support requested or is amount based on income/debt alone?

Child support is based on income of the mother, not her assets or any joint assets. The house could be subject to a lien if the mother defaults on paying any court ordered child support...but that only happens in the most drastic of non-paying cases.

 

[VeronicaGia]

The house is subject to lein when a judgement is made. This is especially true since the state is going to want to recoup monies spent to support the child while in foster care.

 

[LdiJ]

The house is subject to lein when a judgement is made. This is especially true since the state is going to want to recoup monies spent to support the child while in foster care.

I think that people are getting confused by the term "judgement". I think what the OP meant was that "if a child support ORDER was made" rather than a judgement.

Yes if a "judgement" is made (indicating that the mother had to be sued for non-payment) the house would be subject to a lien. However if an ordinary child support "order" is made, then no, the house would not be subject to a lien.