Legal Question in Family Law in California
Child Support and Court
My son's father has not paid me child support on a regular basis for 4 years now. He sees my son about 80% of the time. When we divorced 10 years ago we agreed on $400 a month. He now pays me $100 here and there. He owes me almost $4000 in back payments. I have a good job and a good income. I provide health insurance for my son. My son's father is self employed and claims he makes less than half of what I make. I am afraid if I take him to court it will backfire and I will end up either having to pay him or that he will get to pay me way less than the original $400. I don't know what to do.
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: Child Support and Court
You should contact an attorney and run the computer program for child support to determine the probable result of going to court. Also when you say that he visits about 80%, do you mean that he utilizes about 80% of his visitation time, or that the child is with him about 80% of the time. The more time the child is with him the lower his support payment will be and the greater the probability that you may have to pay child support to him.
Mean while maintain good records of the payments he does make. Child support is due until it is paid.
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