We went to court, judge signed off on him to pay child support starting the first of April. Since this was done through our attorneys, and not our local child support office…he has to make payments through the NC child support collections agency… he has yet to pay anything & is refusing to do so. My attorney is not worried about it, wants to wait 30 days for him to be in arrears… is there anything I can do to jump start this process? Can I ask our local child support office to take the case so that way they can garnish his wages?? Some type of enforcement has to be taken here!
If he has not paid child support according to the terms of the order and you believe he is in willful violation, then you can file for contempt against him (called a motion for order to appear and show cause).
Depending in the language of your order, child support may not actually be late until the whole month of April has passed with no payment.
If you entered into a child support action in family court with your lawyers, then child support enforcement will likely not take your child support case since it originated in family court.
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