I was in this exact situation with Illinois. THe only thing was that the ncp does live in Illinois. What area of Illinois are you from? If you have any kind of information you can give them to help them catch him they will be happy to take it. There is a set amount, but in my case they actually arrested him and then the judge let him go without paying the amount. He did have one stipulation to have a job, but the next court date. Which happened to be the following week. He wasn't as far behind as your. He owes me around $4000.00. They told him if he didn't get a job the were going to put him in jail to work it off and i would recieve like $7.00 a day until he was caught up.He did get a job just for the court date and quit. The CSE is going to try to prosecute him again. Also to let you know the police did say they would work with me so that my son wouldn't see his dad being arrested. Do you know where in California he lives, because if so you could contact them and let them know what is going on. THey may contact the police department in Illinois to find out what is going on, so they can try to arrest him.