How do U get a deadbeat dad to pay CS?

[Keg]

He paid one payment....It has been 3 yrs....Owes $25 thou plus....The AG has the paperwork..but I hear they won't do anything....It's a pain....

[pkee]

That's just wrong In so many ways .

[dadogg]

When my ex-wife moved out of state she quit paying child support. She was surprised when they started taking it out of her check in Washington state. If he works I am surprised the state hasn't started garnishing his wages.

[Palmetto]

Pick your poison! If only it where this easy.........

[CoralaRealtree]

Stay on top of the AG ... He'll end up doing prison time.

[Sit-n-Sleep]

I'm in your boat, the old ladies ex doesn't pay. He even asked me to pay his fee to do his taxes because we get the return. i have given up, but if you keep at the attorney general persistently they will eventually get him for it. Good luck

[cosmiccowboy]

They will get him for the back years as well. I've got one employee that we send $200 to the AG every week from his check.

[M.E.B.]

My son has the same problem. Wife's ex won't work so he does not have to pay for 3 kids. Meanwhile my son is raising that POS kids, the baby he and his wife had together and sending $600 to Ca for child support.

[Tmag]

I've seen guys working this for long time, they go to work for you and when the state catches up with them they quit and move on to the next job and the cycle starts all over again for the state. It is a never ending cycle.
As for jail time, it sounds great but cost the very ones needing the money in the form of tax dollars to put his worthless hide behind bars. So you end up paying his "child support" because he is not adult enough to support his children. I think if jail time would go back to the hard labor days we would see a lot more men and women doing the right things to stay out of jail.
The AG is "short handed" like all of us and yes, the squeaky wheel gets the attention, soemtimes. My sister went many years with no payments, one of her kids had graduated high school before a payment came. Yeah they do try to make them catch up, some times.

[Graysonhogs]

I've seen guys working this for long time, they go to work for you and when the state catches up with them they quit and move on to the next job and the cycle starts all over again for the state. It is a never ending cycle.
As for jail time, it sounds great but cost the very ones needing the money in the form of tax dollars to put his worthless hide behind bars. So you end up paying his "child support" because he is not adult enough to support his children. I think if jail time would go back to the hard labor days we would see a lot more men and women doing the right things to stay out of jail.
The AG is "short handed" like all of us and yes, the squeaky wheel gets the attention, soemtimes. My sister went many years with no payments, one of her kids had graduated high school before a payment came. Yeah they do try to make them catch up, some times.

True about the tax dollars paying to put deadbeats in jail, but I'd rather see my tax dollars doing that as opposed to some of the other crap it's spent. So there really isn't any "cost", you're paying the tax anyway. Just that it might actually do some good. Hate deadbeats

[tadmaryperry]

My ex wife moved to Louisiana and claimed "mental disability" (oh yeah...she was!). Texas says that she doesn't have to pay child support because of it...sounds like a load of poo to me! Stay on him!

[dbaio1]

I'd say do some of the leg work for the poor, over worked public workers in the
AG's office. ha ha yea right.... Anyway, I'd stay on the AG's office hard, supply them with where he works, how to contact them, names, numbers etc etc. My bet is, you get them moving once you lay the foundation that says we'll look bad if we don't. (since you have provided so much info)

The company I work for gets regular "wage garnishment" notices and its cut and dry, the money comes out the check. (unfortunately most of these are for CS)

Good luck

[Agfisher]

String him up!

[bowhunterchris]

Radio station in San Antonio does a bit called "deadbeat dads" its really immature but they call them and ask why they dont pay child support. Maybe you could use that route, would be funny. Probably wont help though

[medic911]

Go down to local SO and file charges. This is something they don't tell you about, but it works.

§ 25.05. CRIMINAL NONSUPPORT. (a) An individual commits an offense if the individual intentionally or knowingly fails to provide support for the individual's child younger than 18 years of age, or for the individual's child who is the subject of a court order requiring the individual to support the child. (b) For purposes of this section, "child" includes a child born out of wedlock whose paternity has either been acknowledged by the actor or has been established in a civil suit under the Family Code or the law of another state. (c) Under this section, a conviction may be had on the uncorroborated testimony of a party to the offense. (d) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this section that the actor could not provide support for the actor's child. (e) The pendency of a prosecution under this section does not affect the power of a court to enter an order for child support under the Family Code. (f) An offense under this section is a state jail felony.