I live in Oregon but Los Angeles county handles my child support.
When child support was established in 2003 I was making fairly decent money. My ex was not working, so they based child support for our twins on her making minimum wage and was only responsible for 5%. The other 95% I was responsible for came to about $1200/month. I had made all my payments on time until this year when I fell on hard times and only receive unemployment as income. I attempted to get it adjusted but she still isn't working so no adjustment was made. So, as of this year I had paid her over $100,000 total. Earlier this year after I went through all my savings and money got really tight I could only afford to pay about $600/month.
I just received a tax-free gift of $13,000. I'd like to put this in my account but I'm afraid that the child support enforcement agency will levy my account. Can they levy my account for the past due amount even though I don't owe that much and I'm still paying child support on time each month (just not the entire amount)? I only want to keep paying part of the monthly child support because my ex is milking the system (she just had another baby and is supported by someone). I don't think she needs all my money each month. After all, I have to survive too.
When child support was established in 2003 I was making fairly decent money. My ex was not working, so they based child support for our twins on her making minimum wage and was only responsible for 5%. The other 95% I was responsible for came to about $1200/month. I had made all my payments on time until this year when I fell on hard times and only receive unemployment as income. I attempted to get it adjusted but she still isn't working so no adjustment was made. So, as of this year I had paid her over $100,000 total. Earlier this year after I went through all my savings and money got really tight I could only afford to pay about $600/month.
I just received a tax-free gift of $13,000. I'd like to put this in my account but I'm afraid that the child support enforcement agency will levy my account. Can they levy my account for the past due amount even though I don't owe that much and I'm still paying child support on time each month (just not the entire amount)? I only want to keep paying part of the monthly child support because my ex is milking the system (she just had another baby and is supported by someone). I don't think she needs all my money each month. After all, I have to survive too.