PA-Can they take lump sum payment if agreement with judge? Child is with me now

[pittguy53178]

What is the name of your state?Pennsylvania

Very strange case. The long and short of it two years ago it was discovered my wife had a drug habit that she kept secret and our son was temporarily placed with my parents.

My parents didn’t want any money for taking him at all-they didn’t want to hurt us. But the state decided I would need to start paying support for some reason.
The child was returned to us and the agreement we had with the judge was $60 a month. No more-no less. They settled on that amount since the child was with me and i needed to support him.It has been deducted from my pay ever month since then with no issues. I am not behind or in arrears.

I was delighted to see my bonus of $5200 coming to me today. I get an email from payroll at 5pm saying either a percentage would need to be taken or a lump sum-very cryptic.

I log onto my computer and find out they are taking the full remaining balance from my bonus despite the fact I am not behind or in arrears. Total of $1901 Payroll just emailed me saying I need to contact the state. It

But can they do this? I wouldn’t mind paying a percentage but the agreement we had was $60. Can they legally modify a support order without a hearing ? Is this an error ?

 

[stealth2]

Was someone receiving money from the state for the child?

 

[not2cleverRed]

What is the name of your state?Pennsylvania

Very strange case. The long and short of it two years ago it was discovered my wife had a drug habit that she kept secret and our son was temporarily placed with my parents.

My parents didn’t want any money for taking him at all-they didn’t want to hurt us. But the state decided I would need to start paying support for some reason.
The child was returned to us and the agreement we had with the judge was $60 a month. No more-no less. They settled on that amount since the child was with me and i needed to support him.It has been deducted from my pay ever month since then with no issues. I am not behind or in arrears.

I was delighted to see my bonus of $5200 coming to me today. I get an email from payroll at 5pm saying either a percentage would need to be taken or a lump sum-very cryptic.

I log onto my computer and find out they are taking the full remaining balance from my bonus despite the fact I am not behind or in arrears. Total of $1901 Payroll just emailed me saying I need to contact the state. It

But can they do this? I wouldn’t mind paying a percentage but the agreement we had was $60. Can they legally modify a support order without a hearing ? Is this an error ?

Wrong: you have been paying towards arrears all along. The money you have been paying is NOT for current child support, because the child is with YOU. What you had was a payment plan.

If my understanding of what has been posted is incorrect, then you need to go to court and modify child support, based on where the child is living.