When the plaintiff is seeking child support with the help of county child support enforcement after trying unsuccessfully on her own and unsuccessfully with a private attorney, should the defendants attorney request documents directly from the plaintiff or through the child support enforcement case worker?
If the plaintiff has exhausted all funds trying to get child support and is still unsuccessful, what should she do?
If child support enforcement (CSE) has intervened in the family court child support action, then child support will be established assuming the plaintiff is entitled to child support. Otherwise, the only other options to establish child support is through family court or to agree on an amount out of court.
With CSE involved, the defendant should request the plaintiff’s financial documents from the CSE case worker and attorney.
Anna Ayscue
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This is not what happened and when I called cse and let them know (I spoke to my case managers supervisor), she said I should just answer the questions.