When parents separate, affording groceries, child care, and other necessities for their child can be challenging. Child support payments can help unmarried and divorced parents cover child related costs, so it is important to establish an enforceable child support order to ensure regular payments. However, sometimes government agencies are overwhelmed with requests, and a custodial…Read More
Painful Consequences Await Those Who Skip Child Support Payments
The State of Illinois takes the payment of child support seriously. If your ex-spouse has stopped making child support payments, there are a variety of tools to encourage parents to comply with court orders so that children get the support they need. Child Support Wage Garnishment If the obligor of child support gets behind on…Read More
Illinois Wage Garnishment for Child Support Arrears
If you or your ex spouse is falling behind on child support payments, the most common way for collecting the arrears is through wage garnishment. This allows the custodial parent to receive a portion of the other parent’s wages from their paycheck in order to satisfy the child support debt. Typically the custodial parent will…Read More