Family Law Blog

Past Due Child Support Will Follow Parents Forever

By Denver Divorce Lawyer on October 8, 2010

When two parents decide to divorce, child support payments are almost always a part of divorce proceedings. These payments are calculated according to a variety of circumstances, including how many children are involved and how much money the parent responsible for making the payment makes. However, parents sometimes falter in their payments, and the Child Support Enforcement Agency (CSEA) is required to seek out and obtain payment from those parents. According to a MarionStar.com article, there are a variety of techniques that can be used to accomplish this.

The most common form of payment collection involves wage garnishment, in which the CSEA may garnish up to 65% of an individual’s after tax earnings in order to make amends for missed payments. If the agency does not know where an individual works, they may attempt other methods of collection, but only after they are able to locate the parent. They may attempt to do so by contacting the Department of Motor Vehicles, threatening license suspension in the process, and hoping that the parent responds to the threat in order to prevent the suspension. Still other methods of collecting past payments including intercepting tax returns, suspending professional licenses as a means of reestablishing communications with the parent, and even seizing checking and savings accounts.

In extreme cases, threat of criminal prosecution may even be used as a means of collecting payments. However, the best approach should be one of transparency, where communication channels are open and the CSEA has no reason to make threats against you. For more information about child support payments in the state of Colorado, please contact the Denver child support attorneys at Kaplan Law, LLC. Call us today toll-free at 1-877-527-5206.