What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Michigan
I am set for a court date for a modication of my support payment in October (it has been long due, but I wanted to show a history of faithful payment). I would like to ask for partial forgiveness of arrears. I have a criminal case that orders me to pay $400 a month to pay off the arrears, this is the case that also set my support order at over twice what it was supposed to be. The current support order is so high that I have still been accruing arrears for the past three years. I want to ask for some of these arrears to be forgiven. The CP will not reveal to me if she has or hasn't been on public assistance, and I doubt she will forgive any of the arrears, but I want to try asking the judge with her present. What is the best way to go about asking for either a reduction in the arrears payment or a forgiveness of part of the total amount?
Thank you.
I am set for a court date for a modication of my support payment in October (it has been long due, but I wanted to show a history of faithful payment). I would like to ask for partial forgiveness of arrears. I have a criminal case that orders me to pay $400 a month to pay off the arrears, this is the case that also set my support order at over twice what it was supposed to be. The current support order is so high that I have still been accruing arrears for the past three years. I want to ask for some of these arrears to be forgiven. The CP will not reveal to me if she has or hasn't been on public assistance, and I doubt she will forgive any of the arrears, but I want to try asking the judge with her present. What is the best way to go about asking for either a reduction in the arrears payment or a forgiveness of part of the total amount?
Thank you.