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okelley80 · Feb 26, 2009, 08:16 AM

What will happen if the courts find out I haven't paid child support but I'm living with my kid and her mother,yet I haven't been able to find a job

stevetcg · Feb 26, 2009, 08:22 AM

Who would tell the court? It only becomes an issue if someone complains about it.

JudyKayTee · Feb 26, 2009, 08:22 AM

The support order is in effect until it's withdrawn. You owe for every week or month from the date of the order no matter where you live.

okelley80 · Feb 26, 2009, 08:38 AM

Yea I'm a good dad,I see my kid also,but we broke up and she filed,right after that we got back together,we broke up some months ago and I had a job,but I left my job to be back with my little girl and her mom and now I got to go to court she's only worried about if they found out if we lived together lol

Justwantfair · Feb 26, 2009, 08:58 AM

The money all ends up in the same house.

But while you aren't paying, living together and have a support order in effect, you are having deliquency calculated, probably with interest. So if you break up again you will be paying all of this back and then some.

ScottGem · Feb 26, 2009, 09:01 AM

If you want to modify the order because you are back together you have to go to court to do it. Until the court order is modified you owe the support.

okelley80 · Feb 26, 2009, 09:01 AM

But would she get in truoble is all I'm asking,because I don't want my daughter to be affected bye that

Justwantfair · Feb 26, 2009, 09:06 AM

Get in trouble for the support going to the child, there isn't anything to get in trouble for because you are living together.

okelley80 · Feb 26, 2009, 09:09 AM

Oh what if she gets assistance like daycare,medicare etc does

Justwantfair · Feb 26, 2009, 09:10 AM

Is she lying on her applications?

okelley80 · Feb 26, 2009, 09:17 AM

No nt at all

cjonline · Feb 26, 2009, 10:04 AM

You have to tell the amount of child support and income of the household you get on the apps. Is she reporting all the income and the household number of people with you included or left out? She may get in trouble if the paperwork is not showing everything. If she filled everything out when you were not there and didn't change anything when you came back then she can get in trouble and may have to pay back things she got if she didn't qualify.

Something else to think about is that you may have an amount of money that you owe the state for some of the thing that she gets. You should check into that.

You do need to go back to court and get things changed. If you split up again you could go back then. You should have reported the address changed within 30 days of the move. So the courts should know that you and her have the same address. Maybe paperwork only needs to be signed by both of you and you don't have to go in front of a judge. Check with the clerk and meet with a lawyer to be sure that things are done correctly; most places you can find a lawyer that will meet the first time for free so call around.

ScottGem · Feb 26, 2009, 10:05 AM

Get in trouble for what? That you were living together and didn't report it? Probably not.

JudyKayTee · Feb 26, 2009, 10:05 AM

Originally Posted by Justwantfair

Is she lying on her applications?

If she has lied on any application - for example, claimed she needed child day care because she works and has no one to care for the child but you actually are living with her and could care for the child - yes, she's committing fraud on the Government.

If she gets housing assistance because she lives alone with her child but you actually live there, yes, it's fraud on the Government.

Any lie on any application for assistance is fraud, if that's your bigger question.

Living with you and not filing for or accepting assistance is not a problem. You could have a problem, of course, because you are in arrears on child support. You could also have problems if the Government decides to go after you for benefits paid if/when you benefited from them.

I think there is a much larger issue here than child support.