Manhattan Child Support Enforcement

Divorce Lawyer in Manhattan

As part of your divorce agreement, the issue of child support will have been taken up by the court and decided upon.  The court directs child support payments based on the best interest of the child and it will help to ensure that the required payments do, in fact, get made.  What do you do when the payments are not forthcoming or are late?  A committed and aggressive Manhattan divorce attorney can work with you towards getting the orders of the court enforced and proper payments being made.

Compelling child support payments depends upon a thorough knowledge of the law and knowing how to present your case to the court.  A person can be made to pay their support payments by an income deduction order.  How it works is that in order to resolve past, present and future child support payments, a judge may direct an employer to deduct a significant portion of the non-complying parent's salary.  Commonly, the parent is given a chance to fix the situation before the wage garnishment goes into effect. 

Making Certain They Pay

Support payments can be compelled to be made to a state agency known as the Child Support Enforcement Bureau.  They keep track of payments made and received and may even take any tax refund the non-compliant parent is receiving and use this towards the payment of back child support.  A parent who is not paying their court ordered child support may have their professional and other driver's licenses suspended by the court as well.

If The Kepanis Law Firm, based on your information, can show that the non-payment is willful, then the non-custodial parent can be found in contempt of court.  This can result in a money judgment being paid to the custodial parent and the offender having to be incarcerated for up to 6 months in jail.  The firm works tirelessly to help parents receive the child support payments that they require.

Many remedies exist to force child support payments to be made.  Please contact a divorce lawyer in Manhattan for help if child support is not being paid as it should be.