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Tigeriiiiy · Jan 1, 2010, 03:44 AM

Is there such a thing as an emergency order for child support in Florida? My son's case ex took him back to court to try to have the amount of support lowered and the judge has yet to make a ruling. It's been 6 months since the hearing - and his ex has yet to pay one dime in support. My son is about to get foreclosed on his home since he's been the sole provider for his children. (he was awarded primary custody) He has an atty. But she isn't motivated to do anything since my son still owes her $3800 out of the $35000 he's already paid her.

cdad · Jan 1, 2010, 08:31 AM

From the sounds of it you already have a child support order in place. It's a collection matter. And there is nothing that you can do on an emergency basis as far as collections goes.

Fr_Chuck · Jan 1, 2010, 10:11 AM

There are emerency orders but this does not apply, since you already seem to have a order in place.

Does not matter if she has asked for less, the original order is in place until it is done.

And unless this is a very large divorce issue ( no divorce lawyer costs 35,000 dollars)

Has he contaced child support enforcement of the state, taken her back to court for contempt of the court order.

As for foreclosure, I am sorry but a family getting child support should never, never consider this steady income to pay bills with, since it is common ( and sad) but often the other side fails to pay a lot.

Tigeriiiiy · Jan 1, 2010, 06:22 PM

Originally Posted by califdadof3

From the sounds of it you already have a child support order in place. Its a collection matter. And there is nothing that you can do on an emergency basis as far as collections goes.

Actually, there was an order but my ex daughter-in-law took the case back to court to ask the judge to decrease the amount she was ordered to pay. That was six months ago and the judge has yet to make a final judgement. Meanwhile, she's refusing to pay any amount until the judge orders it. Anything we can do?

Tigeriiiiy · Jan 1, 2010, 06:29 PM

Fr_Chuck - are you kidding me about the $35,000?? We are in the state of Florida - atty's here get $300 an hour!! This divorce had dragged been dragged out over a year and a half! My son might be so close to foreclosure if his ex had been paying the $686 she was originally ordered to pay per month! That is for the benefit of the children - helping keep a roof over their heads!

ScottGem · Jan 1, 2010, 06:52 PM

First, Chuck is not kidding. Unless one is dealing with a complex allocation of marital assets divorce attorneys tend to work on a lump sum rather than hourly. Sounds to me like your son went for a high priced lawyer that he couldn't afford.

That attorney should have never taken his case.

Second, Did the judge suspend payments while he was deliberating? If not, then he should be contacting the Florida Office Of Child Support Enforcement to collect on what the court has ordered.

This site may help you:
MyFloridaCounty.com --> Child Support Service FAQs

Tigeriiiiy · Jan 1, 2010, 07:12 PM

Thank you so much for your reply. The judge did not suspend payments. He will definitely do what you've suggested first thing Monday a.m. - In the area of Jacksonville - I don't know of an atty. Who does divorce on a lump sum. Having no experience at all with dealing with divorce or attorneys in general, we went to who was suggested. This was the second atty. We hired- the first one ran up a $6000 tab in a 6 week period. When this finally gets behind us, I'm going to write the Florida Bar about this atty. I guess we had "sucker" stamped on our foreheads... we were just naïve to the system.

ScottGem · Jan 1, 2010, 07:29 PM

How many attorneys did you talk to? I would start calling from this listing:

jacksonvill FL divorce attorney - Google Search

And yes, I would agree with contacting the Florida bar.