What happens if you miss your first child support court date?

What happens if you miss your first child support court date?

If you missed your court date, contact an attorney immediately. If you missed your court date in a contempt proceeding, where the other side is alleging you failed to pay child support or failed to do some other court-required action, your failure to appear could result in an arrest warrant being issued for you.

How do I collect unpaid child support?

How do I enforce an unpaid child support debt?Send a letter of demand to the paying parent who owes the child support debt. Tell the DHS you are going to start court proceedings. Start your court proceedings. Serve documents on the paying parent who owes the child support debt and the DHS.Weitere Einträge…

Is Child Support considered a Judgement?

If you owe unpaid child support, your child’s other parent has a number of ways to collect the money from you. First, the other parent may go to court and ask a judge to issue a judgment for the amount of the arrears. This is called a judgment for child support.