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Legal Methods of Collecting Child Support in Arizona | Hildebrand Law, PC

Sat 27th Jan, 2018 Arizona Child Support Laws

The divorce process is complicated. Factor in children and that triples the difficulties. Child support issues come to the forefront of the divorce process and things could get nasty quickly. Unfortunately, sometimes the custodial parent cannot get the child support they need on time and care for the child can become hard to manage.

How Child Support Benefits the Children

Raising a child is expensive. Child support payments are often needed to help pay for many necessities such as: Taking care of children, especially young ones, is totally expensive. Child support payments help single parents take care of necessities like:

  • Supplies for school
  • Extracurricular costs like after-school sports or clubs
  • Summer camps and other child care arrangements
  • Clothing
  • Medical expenses
  • Food
  • It can help supplement funds for housing, a necessary part of your child’s life.
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What Happens if a Parent Doesn’t Pay? What Can You Do?

You have the right to seek assistance from law enforcement or the courts to demand payment after you initially confront the parent about it. The agency that oversees those collections will help you, it is usually a local branch of Child and Social Services. Thankfully there are a number of methods for collecting past due payments and ensuring you get the money you need to care for your children.

Multiple Methods of Collection

These are possible options for collecting payment, but it certainly isn’t a comprehensive and complete list:

  • Wage Garnishment. If the parent is employed and is making money but refuses to pay for support, the employer can be contacted and the payments can be deducted from their wages in order to pay their debt. If they have trouble holding down a job or they are self-employed, this can become difficult.
  • Tax refund. You can arrange for their tax refund to be addressed to you so it can be used to pay off their backed child support.
  • Driving privileges. Taking away this privilege is a great motivator to make someone catch up on their payments, however, it can be problematic if they cannot get to work to make the money to pay the support, so this is not always the best option. However, it sends a pretty clear message.
  • Jail time. Nobody wants to go to jail. This should be your last resort but it could be the most effective way to get the money you need because it is such a serious consequence. 

Whichever method you use, you should really think it out and assure you have chosen the correct option. Your best move first and foremost should be contacting a lawyer such as the child custody lawyer Bloomington IL locals turn to discuss your options. Regardless of the situation, legal advice can help you create a solid plan to ensure that you are paid the money you’re owed. Deadbeat parents don’t often get away with evading payments..

Call today for a free consultation about your case.. You will be glad you did.

Thanks to authors at Pioletti & Pioletti for their insight into Family Law.

If you have questions about collecting child support payments in an Arizona divorce case, you should seriously consider contacting the attorneys at Hildebrand Law, PC. Our Arizona child support and family law attorneys have decades of combined experience successfully representing clients in child support and family law cases.

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