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No, in fact you have to be caught up on child support in order to file for bankruptcy. Your lawyer may have a way around that but you will still owe the money. You shouldn't look at child support as a bill but rather a way of supporting your child.
Why are you in arrears? If you were hit with a multi year retroactive order on a child you didn't know existed, or there was a clearly valid reason for not paying the full amount, than you may have grounds for a retroactive reduction, according to Judge David Grey Ross, Commissioner of the Federal Office of Child Support Enforcement. see links below
You do not have to be "caught up" on child support in order to file for bankruptcy; however, child support is not discharged in bankruptcy.
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If you are bankrupt do you still have to pay child support?
Child support is not discharged in bankruptcy.
Does my ex-husband have to pay spousal and child support payments owed due to a divorce decree if he goes bankrupt?
child support cannot be cleared
Can child support be discharged by bankruptcy?
No...child support obligations may not be discharged in bankruptcy...out of the courts authority. There is virtually no legal way to escape your obligation on this. The Feds will withhold any benefit you may have coming, even well in the future (like Social Security, taxes, etc) to pay it back. And of course, they are YOUR kids...unfortunate they ended up with a morally bankrupt parent that wants to financially bankrupt them too.
If the child support is retro does it matter if the father file for bankrupt?
Child support debt cannot be charged off in a bankruptcy.
Do you have to pay child support to a child that was born in Mexico and now the mother wants child support?
It is in the best interest of your child for you to pay child support. If the child is still living in Mexico and the mother has a court order, you need to pay support. If there is no court order, you are not legally obligated to pay support.
How can a person collect child support when they have to pay child support?
You sue the person for child support. Just because you pay child support for one child does not mean you can not receive child support for the one you have custody of.
Do priest pay child support or if you become a priest?
if you are a priest do you have to pay child support ?
Do you need to pay child support if you have an intervention order stopping you from seeing the child?
Yes, you will still have to pay child support because you are the mother or father of the child, and that makes you still pay child support.
Do you pay child support if you get tax credits?
If a court has ordered you to pay child support, then you must pay child support. Whether or not you receive tax credits has nothing to do with it.
How long do you pay child support in ala?
I think no matter where you are you pay child support until the child is 18
Do you have to pay child support in la?
I don't have to pay child support in "la," but you might have to if you have a child who's living there.
If your husband is required to pay child support do you have to pay also?
No. You are under no legal obligation to pay his child support.
