What is Usurious Child Support and Child Support Arrearages?
Child support payments that are not made on time and become overdue are considered “arrearages,” and when talking about a person behind on child support payments, they are said to be “in arrears” on their payments. There are a number of steps and penalties the courts can take in order to ensure that child support orders are enforced and payments are made in a timely manner, whether they be monthly payments or back pay. These steps can range anywhere from suspending professional and personal licenses; seizing bank accounts, tax refunds, or lottery winnings; the reporting of arrears to credit bureaus; or even jail time. In most cases, when financial support payments are in arrears, the state can also tack on interest rates on the past due amounts, which can become somewhat outrageous as time goes on and child support continues to collect. When these arrearages and interest start to get out of hand, it is often called “usurious child support payments.” This can have a number of meanings,
Related Questions
- Does the child support have to cover all the time since the child was born, creating arrearages just at the time the current payments are starting?
- Besides having the non-supporting parent jailed, are there other mechanisms for collecting child support arrearages?
- Can taxes be intercepted to pay child support arrearages?
