I was a member of the military in 1988, stationed in Arizona. I had a child out of wedlock while in Arizona. The mother and I could not agree on a support amount. I was already taking care of 1 child at the time. I requested a DNA test to establish paternity, just before I was deployed overseas. This was in 1991. The attorney general was handling the case. I signed for the option to get the DNA test. Since I wasn't in the states, I contacted the Attorney generals office before I came home on leave and asked them to set the test up in one of the 2 hospitals in my home town. They didn't. I did this every year until I was deployed to Hawaii. They finally setup the DNA test. I was found to be the father. It is now 1997. Now paternity is established and I am paying current support. The hearing for back support was next. The current law in effect allowed them to go back only 3 years, but the judge allowed them to go back to the birth of the child. Next I get a lump sum judgement of $31,000. I had no attorney, so I was stuck. I was ordered to pay an agreed amount on the arrears. 2 years later, I find that it is being taxed at 10% interest. I am still paying and no other actions besides collecting the money goes on for 10 years. I have paid $21,000 on the original amount. Still $32,000 is on the books. All of a sudden after my child is emancipated and they are collecting the larger of the 2 amounts, they start seizing joint accounts. That was Aug 2006. Jun 18 2007. They just one week ago, levied my wife and I joint account, and 2 of her individual accounts. They levied the joint account 1 day before my paycheck was deposited. Is this legal? Can they touch the money that went into the account after the levied was applied? One of her individual accounts I have Power of Attorney on, to handle the business with our bills. That account was strictly for paying our bills. Can Arizona do this to her accounts, for my debt? Also can she sue Arizona for the chaos they created by touching her accounts? Isn't it illegal for them to even touch her accounts? What can we do to prevent this from happening again?

Her money can not be attached but joint accounts can be frozen pending you proving it is her money.

The real mistake is every time you say ( I don't have an attorney) guess paying a few thousand for one, to save other 1000's may have been worth it now??

But of course they can do it, since they did ? So now you have to get an attorney and she files for an injured spouse, showing and proving it was her money. If the business is also yours, then the money that is yours form the business going into an account can stioll be gotten in court.

And she can file to get "her" money back, not sue the state.

Thanks, I will be speaking to a lawyer Monday. I read that I have 15 days to respond to their actions from the day they send the paper work. A week has already gone by and still no paperwork from the state or the bank. They create problems by freezing my wife's account. I guess we are suppose to be happy that they are hurting my kids living. No matter what you say it's not right. They gave me a lump sum order, because they chose not to setup a DNA test. But in your eyes the women must can't be wrong. I see it on TV where women go through blaming man after man and still can't find the dad. I here you, but you got it wrong. Thanks.