Legal Question in Family Law in Massachusetts

child support contempt

I have an 11 year old son. I finally got his father to take the DNA test, which proved him the father. We went to court 5 weeks ago, he was ordered to pay support as well as cover him on medical and dental. He still has not complied. He was in contemt once already for not complying with the order for the DNA test, once comtempt was filed he went. So I filed a contempt charge on non payment as well as not putting our son on medical. Also when we were in court he told the judge he never knew of my son until recently, since our hearing I got copies from my previous atty of all the times he spoke with my son's father since 1996, should I bring these to court? What will happen when we do go to court on the contempt charge?


Asked on 4/09/07, 2:59 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Gregory Lee Gregory P. Lee, Attorney at Law

Re: child support contempt

Bring all documents possible to court.

You have the right to seek payment of a reasonable attorney's fee from the father in a child support contempt. Although there is no guarantee of payment, I am always happy to assist in such pursuits. For more information, you can see my website at www.gregleelaw.com.

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Answered on 4/09/07, 3:35 pm


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