Legal Question in Family Law in North Carolina

I am a the fraternal grandmother of the father of the child he is to pay a purge for child support.

My son has been locked up for 30 days because he is unable to pay the purge. He is being held in contempt. Last time he was held in contempt. I paid $5000. I am on limited income. My son is unemployed!Now the purge was reduced from $3500 to $1000.Still incarcerated and cannot pay.

What can he do?


Asked on 8/26/15, 8:08 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

I am not sure what a fraternal grandmother is or a 'purge' - I am guessing basically your grandson didn't pay his child support and has been placed in jail with a bond amount equivalent to what he owes. If you want to pay his child support for him, why don't you just pay it before he goes to jail and problem solved? However, it would be my recommendation that you leave him in jail and allow him the opportunity to man up to his responsibilities. As you have seen from past experience, if you bail him out, he will likely just wind up in the same situation again.

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Answered on 8/26/15, 9:11 pm


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