Correcting errors made by the child support agency

Question: I am up to date with all child support payments as my wages are garnished from each paycheck. However, the child support agency intercepted my tax refund and was withholding that money. This is obviously an error since I do not owe any arrears. How can I get this …

I’m still paying off child support arrears for my adult child. When will it stop?

Question: I have been paying child support arrears for what seems like forever. My child is now a grown adult with a family of his own yet I am still trying to pay off child support! Why do I have to keep paying if the money is no longer going …

Can my ex get my wages garnished to help pay for my child’s car?

Question: My ex is threatening to garnish my wages because I refuse to pay for a car for my 18-year-old child. It does not say in the divorce decree that I have to do this. I already pay for half their college tuition and expenses. Can she force me to …

Income Deduction Orders for Child Support

By Andrea Johnson Attorney, Cordell & Cordell Many people are adamantly opposing to the idea of having their child support payments being deducted from their paychecks since the paying party often sees it as an invasion of privacy. I have had clients tell me that they will fight any order …

How do I challenge an incorrect wage garnishment?

Question: I currently have a court order for paying child support arrears from a state I used to live in. The administrator handling my out-of-state child support order has submitted a wage garnishment order for an amount above the court-ordered payment. Who has the authority in this case – the …

How do I get reimbursed for overpayment of child support?

Question: I was recently notified that I overpaid my child support obligation by $10,000 due to my employer’s payroll office reacting slowly to changes in my wage garnishment. However, I was never notified by my state when this overpayment began and they let it go on for a significant amount …

What can I do to ensure my wage garnishment matches the modified child support order?

Question: My child support was modified and reduced by a substantial amount a couple months ago to reflect a change in my state’s law. Yet I recently received another income withholding order for the original child support amount, not the recently modified amount. What can I do to ensure my …

What if the amount of child support being garnished is still not enough?

Question: My child support is collected through garnishment of my wages. However the amount being garnished is not the full amount of the child support owed because I do not make enough money. Can my wife come after me for contempt even though my wages are being garnished the maximum …

Wage garnishment when I’ve never missed a support payment?

Question: My divorce decree states that if I am more than 45 days late with my monthly child support payment then my wages are subject to garnishment. My ex-wife claims my wages can still be garnished to ensure payment even though I have never been late with a child support …

Do I have to pay child support if my income is below the poverty line?

Question: I am the non-custodial parent and pay child support to my child’s mother. My wages are being garnished and my income has recently slipped below poverty level. Will my child support case be closed and I won’t have to pay anymore because my income is below poverty level?