The Child Support Order is out of South Carolina.
My husband fathered a child before we met out of wedlock. He was not put on the child’s birth certificate at the birth or subsequently. The child’s mother established child support through SC, later moving to Arkansas. Once the mother and child moved, she was able to get the child support collection unit in Arkansas to garnish my husband’s pay and taxes. Although there were times when my husband was out of work, for the most part he worked and paid his child support. There were several times over the years where our taxes were garnished to pay his child support to the mother, but Arkansas never reported the money as being paid to SC, the state where the action continued to be. After moving to SC, the court attempted to throw my husband in jail, fine him, and suspend his driver’s license because they thought that he was not paying. Child support was put back through the court, but SC courts would not request information from Arkansas about the monies paid to them for the order that SC put into place, and my husband was told he had to get a lawyer to get the information to correct the balance which we were in no position to do at that time so the balance stood and an additional amount for arrears was tacked on the child support payment. My husband was contacted 3 years ago by the child’s mother, stating that she wanted him to terminate his parental rights so that the child could be adopted and receive her new husbands military assistance for the child’s college tuition. Although my husband did not consent, my husband’s rights were subsequently terminated and the child was adopted at 17 years old. Despite this, my husband’s child support continued to charge monthly in SC as Arkansas did not file a motion to stop his child support when his rights were terminated. In addition, my husband is not allowed to request proof of the adoption, or the termination of his parental rights because his name is not on the child’s birth certificate, therefore he could not provide proof to the SC court that he did not have to pay child support Since his legal rights to the child were terminated. Child support was automatically stopped this month because the child turned 19. The issue he is facing is twofold, how does he get proof of what was paid to Arkansas to update his arrears amount and how does he get proof about the TPR so he can be credited for the 2 year of support he was forced to pay after his rights were terminated? We keep talking to the SC court and child support collection unit but no one is doing anything, Arkansas won’t even talk to him, and we can’t afford a lawyer. What in the world can we do to stop this never ending child support? Our other children have suffered a great deal financially because of the unlawful charging and garnishment of my husband’s checks. We need help to get this worked out. Even worse, if something happens to my husband, his life insurance will go to a debt that he never lawfully owed. What can be done to fix this issue?
My husband fathered a child before we met out of wedlock. He was not put on the child’s birth certificate at the birth or subsequently. The child’s mother established child support through SC, later moving to Arkansas. Once the mother and child moved, she was able to get the child support collection unit in Arkansas to garnish my husband’s pay and taxes. Although there were times when my husband was out of work, for the most part he worked and paid his child support. There were several times over the years where our taxes were garnished to pay his child support to the mother, but Arkansas never reported the money as being paid to SC, the state where the action continued to be. After moving to SC, the court attempted to throw my husband in jail, fine him, and suspend his driver’s license because they thought that he was not paying. Child support was put back through the court, but SC courts would not request information from Arkansas about the monies paid to them for the order that SC put into place, and my husband was told he had to get a lawyer to get the information to correct the balance which we were in no position to do at that time so the balance stood and an additional amount for arrears was tacked on the child support payment. My husband was contacted 3 years ago by the child’s mother, stating that she wanted him to terminate his parental rights so that the child could be adopted and receive her new husbands military assistance for the child’s college tuition. Although my husband did not consent, my husband’s rights were subsequently terminated and the child was adopted at 17 years old. Despite this, my husband’s child support continued to charge monthly in SC as Arkansas did not file a motion to stop his child support when his rights were terminated. In addition, my husband is not allowed to request proof of the adoption, or the termination of his parental rights because his name is not on the child’s birth certificate, therefore he could not provide proof to the SC court that he did not have to pay child support Since his legal rights to the child were terminated. Child support was automatically stopped this month because the child turned 19. The issue he is facing is twofold, how does he get proof of what was paid to Arkansas to update his arrears amount and how does he get proof about the TPR so he can be credited for the 2 year of support he was forced to pay after his rights were terminated? We keep talking to the SC court and child support collection unit but no one is doing anything, Arkansas won’t even talk to him, and we can’t afford a lawyer. What in the world can we do to stop this never ending child support? Our other children have suffered a great deal financially because of the unlawful charging and garnishment of my husband’s checks. We need help to get this worked out. Even worse, if something happens to my husband, his life insurance will go to a debt that he never lawfully owed. What can be done to fix this issue?
