What should I do if the parent required to pay child support moves away?
• Tell the county Department of Child Support Services when and where you or the other parent moves. Child support can be enforced anywhere in the United States and many foreign countries. • I have a California support order. The other parent lives in another state. I asked the other state to help me collect support. The judge lowered the child support amount. Is that legal? • No. the laws known as the Full Faith and Credit for Child Support Orders Act and the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act prevent states from changing another state’s court orders. If the child lives here and an order is issued in California, in most cases only a California court can change it. • The parent required to pay child support is in jail. Can I still get support? • Unless the parent in jail has other assets, like a house or a car, other income, child support will be impossible to collect. A parent require to pay child support who goes to jail should contact the county Department of Child Support Servic
