Child Support

When a person is ordered to pay child support it is not a request it is a court order. The courts understand that sometimes the piece of paper the child support order is written on is not always compelling enough to the individual that is required to pay.

When you are served you are given something called a citation. The citation will say the following:

In Texas, child support not timely paid constitutes an automatic judgment against the child support obligor (parent ordered to pay child support).

Every year in Texas, thousands of parents separate, leading to Court proceedings over custody, visitation and child support for their children.  Inevitably, one of the parents is ordered by the  Judge to pay child support.

When parents separate, appropriate arrangements must be made regarding the children.  Specifically, parents must resolve issues of custody, possession and access, and financial support for the children.

This week's blog post is the second in a two-part series outlining the tools a custodial parent can use to collect past-due child support.

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