Child Support when moving from state to state

[SMinNJ]

New Jersey

My husband is the non-custodial father of a 20 year old. He pays child support through probation in New Jersey. If he decides to move to another state, we had thought we had remembered from previous research that his new employer runs his name through a database and will begin to execute his child support obligation. Is that true, or am I imagining things? He has acted pro se throughout the years.

 

[Just Blue]

New Jersey

My husband is the non-custodial father of a 20 year old. He pays child support through probation in New Jersey. If he decides to move to another state, we had thought we had remembered from previous research that his new employer runs his name through a database and will begin to execute his child support obligation. Is that true, or am I imagining things? He has acted pro se throughout the years.

Why is CS going through probation? Did your husband not pay for the support of his child?

 

[Just Blue]

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[SMinNJ]

Why is CS going through probation? Did your husband not pay for the support of his child?

Thanks for asking. He has always paid his child support. Child support in New Jersey is required to go through Probation (that's the name of the department in New Jersey that handles child support). My understanding is that is how the state proves that they have collected the child support. So, your employer garnishes your wages (or if no wages, you send your check to Probation) and the employer sends it to Probation, who then applies it to some sort of EBT card for the receiving parent. Hope that helps clarify the situation.

 

[Just Blue]

Thanks for asking. He has always paid his child support. Child support in New Jersey is required to go through Probation (that's the name of the department in New Jersey that handles child support). My understanding is that is how the state proves that they have collected the child support. So, your employer garnishes your wages (or if no wages, you send your check to Probation) and the employer sends it to Probation, who then applies it to some sort of EBT card for the receiving parent. Hope that helps clarify the situation.

It does. Thank You for the education regarding NJ CS .

Your Husband should just post for himself after all these years...Why hasn't he??

 

[SMinNJ]

It does. Thank You for the education regarding NJ CS .

Your Husband should just post for himself after all these years...Why hasn't he??

I am a stay at home mom who handles correspondence and research for my husband. He asks me to do the research. I do it for him. I apologize if I sounded condescending with the information about NJ child support. I just need to find information about what I need to do to make sure he continues to comply. Thanks for your help.

 

[Just Blue]

I am a stay at home mom who handles correspondence and research for my husband. He asks me to do the research. I do it for him. I apologize if I sounded condescending with the information about NJ child support. I just need to find information about what I need to do to make sure he continues to comply. Thanks for your help.

You didn't "sound" condescending at all. I mean that. I just think that regardless of your hubbys working full time...He should handle HIS legal issues after all this time.

 

[SMinNJ]

You didn't "sound" condescending at all. I mean that. I just think that regardless of your hubbys working full time...He should handle HIS legal issues after all this time.

I appreciate your opinion. I understand that these are his legal issues. However, in our family, he and I have agreed that I will handle certain behind the scenes things, such as this sort of research. He obviously is the one ultimately responsible for his legal issues. He is the voice, and these things are all ultimately his decision and responsibility. I simply handle this in much the same way I handle insurance problems, and bill paying, and consumer research.

Please don't take this the wrong way, but our conversation has not resolved his question. Does this mean you do not know the answer, or are not willing to provide it to me since I am not the parent? Either way is fine, I just need to know whether to continue here or seek other places for information. We have learned much on this forum while he was actively involved in family court, and while we haven't needed to use the site in about 5 years or so, I was hopeful that we could find the information he needed here.

Thanks again for your time.

 

[Just Blue]

I appreciate your opinion. I understand that these are his legal issues. However, in our family, he and I have agreed that I will handle certain behind the scenes things, such as this sort of research. He obviously is the one ultimately responsible for his legal issues. He is the voice, and these things are all ultimately his decision and responsibility. I simply handle this in much the same way I handle insurance problems, and bill paying, and consumer research.

Please don't take this the wrong way, but our conversation has not resolved his question. Does this mean you do not know the answer, or are not willing to provide it to me since I am not the parent? Either way is fine, I just need to know whether to continue here or seek other places for information. We have learned much on this forum while he was actively involved in family court, and while we haven't needed to use the site in about 5 years or so, I was hopeful that we could find the information he needed here.

Thanks again for your time.

This is much different that insurance or bills or consumer research. This is his LEGAL ISSUES REGARDING HIS CHILD/REN.

Very VERY different.

Good luck to you both...
Blue

 

[SMinNJ]

This is much different that insurance or bills or consumer research. This is his LEGAL ISSUES REGARDING HIS CHILD/REN.

Very VERY different.

Good luck to you both...
Blue

Thank you. If anyone is able to give an answer to the original question, he and I would both appreciate it.

 

[CSO286]

He should do three things:

A. Notify his new employer right away that he owes a child support obligation that is being enforced through New Jersey.

B. Notify New Jersey probation as soon as he begins his new job and provide employer contact information.

C. Notify the other parent (unless the court order or NJ statute does not require this).

While most employers do report new hires (as is federally required) to the national new hire database (to which states' CSEDs have access), some do not, most often out of ignorance.

Taking these steps will ensure that he does not fall into arrears.

 

[SMinNJ]

He should do three things:

A. Notify his new employer right away that he owes a child support obligation that is being enforced through New Jersey.

B. Notify New Jersey probation as soon as he begins his new job and provide employer contact information.

C. Notify the other parent (unless the court order or NJ statute does not require this).

While most employers do report new hires (as is federally required) to the national new hire database (to which states' CSEDs have access), some do not, most often out of ignorance.

Taking these steps will ensure that he does not fall into arrears.

Thank you for your response. He is working for a large national company, and his checks will overlap for about a month while he takes vacation time from his previous employer, so hopefully there will not be arrears - I would envision multiple payments being withheld being the problem. And no, neither New Jersey nor his orders require him to notify the other parent. In any case, he will begin his new job before I and our children are able to get the house in order to follow him, so our address will be the same for a long time to come.

So, my memory was correct, that there is some sort of national new hire database?

 

[stealth2]

Thanks for asking. He has always paid his child support. Child support in New Jersey is required to go through Probation (that's the name of the department in New Jersey that handles child support). My understanding is that is how the state proves that they have collected the child support. So, your employer garnishes your wages (or if no wages, you send your check to Probation) and the employer sends it to Probation, who then applies it to some sort of EBT card for the receiving parent. Hope that helps clarify the situation.

Interesting. My ex sends me a check directly. NJ order.

 

[SMinNJ]

Interesting. My ex sends me a check directly. NJ order.

My understanding is that older orders were grandfathered, unless there was a modification and request for probation's involvement.

 

[tuffbrk]

There's a form on the website for recipients to complete and fax when they move - I filled it out, noting I was the payor, not the recipient, and included a cover letter explaining the same to be on the safe side. In it I advised I had changed my address and had changed jobs and faxed it to them. Your husband should then also contact his probation officer directly with the address of his new employer. Even taking that step, it will take a few paychecks to have it updated in the system with the notice sent to his new employer - presuming that you do move.

As for the garnishment - Title IV-D federal funding pays NJ approximately $ .66 for every $1.00 collected for child support and alimony. It is supposed to be calculated based only on child support collected, as it is for child support enforcement efforts, however, NJ, (as do most other states) conveniently combines the amounts as the state wants every dime they can get. So it is quite rare that a NJ judge will not order payments be garnished at the time of the divorce. Thus, on the day of a NJ divorce, a garnishment form is completed and signed along with the decree. If you do enough hollering and screaming they will allow you to pay directly, but otherwise it is treated as a foregone conclusion.

I often forget that other states don't assign Probation Officers to parties paying child support and/or alimony and it's caused a few raised eyebrows in conversations/postings.