Legal Question in Family Law in Idaho

Re: Modify original order

If you reside in Idaho, the person to whom child support is owed can get an order for income withholding against you without notice to you, so long as you have at least one month of child support owing. This would have been set forth in your divorce decree if the decree was entered since 1986.

Whether you do or do not have a job is irrelevent in getting this order. However, you can go into court and try to show the court that you can't pay the amount ordered to be paid. The court has the power to change the amount of child support paid, but will probably leave the withholding order in effect unless you can show that that you have been steadlily looking for new employment regularly, that you have spoken and/or left resumes at so many jobs during the week, every week, showing that you are diligently looking for employment and you have the names of those employers to which you have applied or had interviews with. It won't be good enuf to say you have been looking if you can't prove it. If you are sitting at home watching TV and not regularly looking for work, the court will not provide you with any relief.