child support payments

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?
alabama

if a non custody parent is not paying the child support is there any way that his spouse would be responsible for the payments?

thank you

viony said:

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?
alabama

if a non custody parent is not paying the child support is there any way that his spouse would be responsible for the payments?

thank you

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Nope.

Parents are obligated to support their children, not legal strangers.

Blue Meanie said:

Nope.

Parents are obligated to support their children, not legal strangers.

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However if the bank account is levied and it is a joint account, all the money within could possibly be seized.

Ohiogal said:

However if the bank account is levied and it is a joint account, all the money within could possibly be seized.

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But there are legal recourses to rectify that.

viony said:

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?
alabama

if a non custody parent is not paying the child support is there any way that his spouse would be responsible for the payments?

thank you

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Not only can joint accounts have liens put against them, CSEA can and will seize Federal Tax refunds from people filing Joint-Married when one spouse is in arrears with CS.


Link to Alabama Administrative Court site on Child Support:
Alabama Unified Judicial System -- judicial.alabama.gov

DHR website on Child Support:
http://www.dhr.state.al.us/page.asp?pageid=288

If a couple file a joint return and the non-support-owing-spouse files an Injured Spouse form, then the IRS will divvy up the tax return accordingly.

What happens is if the OP can PROVE that the non-paying parent is hiding their income and assets under the guise of it belonging to the spouse. But, that can require more money than most parents can afford.