Can I sue a child support agency for not enforcing support orders?
In 2002, a NY family court ordered my ex-husband (the non-custodial parent of our 2 minor children) to pay child support in the amount of $250 per week. This court order was subsequently made a part of our divorce decree in 2005. In 2004, the NCP moved from NY to OR then eventually to CA to willfully evade support obligations. Prior to the NCP moving out of state, the arrears were already $15,000. The child support orders are registered with the UIFSA and have been forwarded to the support enforcement unit in the county where the NCP resides. To date, the NCP’s arrears total $80,000. I contacted the case worker in CA regarding the arrears/enforcement of the due child support and I was informed by the CW that the child support order was too high for the NCP to pay and that a modification of child support needed to be ordered and that I should be a “little bit more understanding” because the area my ex-husband lived in was economically depressed. I asked what enforcement methods were use
