Child support Arrears Out for $1

My boyfriend is $850 in arrears. He is unemployed but has filed his taxes, which will pay $650 of the arrears. They came and locked him up this morning. I heard from a friend that there is a new law in NC that allows you to pay $1 to get out of jail if you’re in for non payment of child support. Does anyone know if this is true and how I can do it?

This is not correct. Based on the information you’ve provided, your boyfriend is in jail for contempt of court for violating his child support order. The only way to be released is for him to pay the arrears in full or wait until there is a court date and he can ask the judge to modify his purge (the amount to be paid to be released from jail).


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