serious question!!! mistake on CSEA papers

My husbands support order has been in place for a couple of months now and he was looking at his papers. They credited the father for child care, medical insurance, and medical expenses! His support should be like $150/mo. more! The papers gave her a certain period of time to object and nobody saw this and I signed the papers and so did she along with the CSEA attorney. Can they just change our ammount now?

[LegalBeagle]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by jamiet:
[b]The papers gave her a certain period of time to object and nobody saw this and I signed the papers and so did she [/b]<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Why did you sign the papers ?? why not your husband ?

Sorry, i messed up-I meant to say he not I. He signed the papers and so did she. Now, we had our papers out lastnight and saw the big mistake. Its not our fault the attorney who calculated the papers put her credits in his column and it added up wrong! This will kill us financially ! The last couple of months we have barely made it giving what we thought we were supposed to give! Now it should go up another $150/mo. She has not nor has the support agency saw the mistake. What happens if they see the mistake? Can they just up and change the ammount and say oops?

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by jamiet:
[b]Sorry, i messed up-I meant to say he not I. He signed the papers and so did she. Now, we had our papers out lastnight and saw the big mistake. Its not our fault the attorney who calculated the papers put her credits in his column and it added up wrong! This will kill us financially ! The last couple of months we have barely made it giving what we thought we were supposed to give! Now it should go up another $150/mo. She has not nor has the support agency saw the mistake. What happens if they see the mistake? Can they just up and change the ammount and say oops?[/b]<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>


I dont think it was a mistake,
They did the same with my daughters father, he had to pay extra for the first 3yrs of support. If it is a valid accounting, they will send an amended wage garnishment order to his employer and the employer will start deducting it.

lady: Trust me its a mistake! they have been garnishing his wages-it isnot more it is less than it is supposed to be!!! They accidentally credited him for things they shouldve credited the mother for! and no one has noticed accept us! See what i mean now?

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by jamiet:
[b]lady: Trust me its a mistake! they have been garnishing his wages-it isnot more it is less than it is supposed to be!!! They accidentally credited him for things they shouldve credited the mother for! and no one has noticed accept us! See what i mean now?[/b]<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
How long did it give for someone to dispute the amounts?
Were they to be disputed prior to signing? or did it say they could be disputed after signing.

My CS order that the CSEA had drawn up looked like chicken scratch the time we went through three hearings... there were errors and corrections everywhere, it will be noticed eventually and then you will be in arrears before you even get a final order.

ladyblu: we are in arears! they sent us notice by mail a month ago they started arears. They gave like a 10 dispute period prior to signing. They have all signed these papers and has had support taken out of his checks for 2mos and arears started last month. These are final, they made a mistake-I promise! We had my mom look at them too because we couldnt beleive it and she agreed! they gave him credit and not her. Our support should actually be $150more. They had a period to contest ammount and neither did, they both signed it right away.

ladyblu: we are in arears! they sent us notice by mail a month ago they started arears. They gave like a 10 dispute period prior to signing. They have all signed these papers and has had support taken out of his checks for 2mos and arears started last month. These are final, they made a mistake-I promise! We had my mom look at them too because we couldnt beleive it and she agreed! they gave him credit and not her. Our support should actually be $150more. They had a period to contest ammount and neither did, they both signed it right away.

It looks like you and your husband need to get this corrected ASAP. Put the mistakes in writing (with explaination(s) Go back to court and give the proper credit to the person it should be given to.

Next time, take more time to read these papers, don't feel rushed to sign them. If something is wrong, deal with it at that moment. This way the Judge doesn't think you are trying to waste his time.

lady blu: some reason my stuff isnt posting!?!?!?
They had 10 days to dispute ammount or sign wich would make them legal papers. They both signed asap to get things rolling. We thought the ammount seemed low. We figured they knew what they were doing. the monthly ammount they came up with has been being deduted for like two months. we got a letter in the mail saying they were starting arears like a month ago , he got paid yesterday and the ammount they took out is for arears and the low mistake ammount. these are final papers! i swear! they credited his column with things that should have been in her column upping the ammount.

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by jamiet:
[b]lady blu: some reason my stuff isnt posting!?!?!?
They had 10 days to dispute ammount or sign wich would make them legal papers. They both signed asap to get things rolling. We thought the ammount seemed low. We figured they knew what they were doing. the monthly ammount they came up with has been being deduted for like two months. we got a letter in the mail saying they were starting arears like a month ago , he got paid yesterday and the ammount they took out is for arears and the low mistake ammount. these are final papers! i swear! they credited his column with things that should have been in her column upping the ammount. [/b]<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>


What I am trying to say, and I am not saying this to be mean or nasty, but this could come back to bite you in the ASS later. Clerical errors happen all the time with CSEA, they are over worked and underpaid. They make mistakes, but... that doesnt mean that when they do notice it you are going to have any grounds to dispute it.
Believe me, they will find it too, may not be today, or tomorrow, but they will find it. Then you will owe more money then you do now, and child support will be raised to pay the *goof up*.

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by jamiet:
[b]lady blu: some reason my stuff isnt posting!?!?!?
They had 10 days to dispute ammount or sign wich would make them legal papers. They both signed asap to get things rolling. We thought the ammount seemed low. We figured they knew what they were doing. the monthly ammount they came up with has been being deduted for like two months. we got a letter in the mail saying they were starting arears like a month ago , he got paid yesterday and the ammount they took out is for arears and the low mistake ammount. these are final papers! i swear! they credited his column with things that should have been in her column upping the ammount. [/b]<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>


What I am trying to say, and I am not saying this to be mean or nasty, but this could come back to bite you in the ASS later. Clerical errors happen all the time with CSEA, they are over worked and underpaid. They make mistakes, but... that doesnt mean that when they do notice it you are going to have any grounds to dispute it.
Believe me, they will find it too, may not be today, or tomorrow, but they will find it. Then you will owe more money then you do now, and child support will be raised to pay the *goof up*.

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it's the "Queen B virus" Ladyblu 'invented' it.... Actually she more or less *discovered* the problem, so we let her name it.

ladyblu: we were thinking all they could do when they did realize it is tack on what was missed onto arears. I know our ammount will be raised to what it should be when they find out but what they werent charging us will go on arears, wouldnt it?
Can they just find the mistake and all the sudden up our ammount to what it should me if the papers were signed and ammount agreed apon by both parents? You wouldnt think they could do that. I mean you all sign them for a reason right?