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Occasionally, the New Jersey Child Support Program will offer a time-limited match on payments made towards the child support case and credit the same amount towards the arrears balance owed to the state.
However, it is a bedrock principle of New Jersey law that child support may not be waived by either parent.
Statute of Limitations for Collecting Overdue Child Support in NJ. The statute of limitations for collecting arrears after the child support order is terminated is five years.
Nevertheless, it's crucial to note that even if the court grants your request to modify your child support order, that doesn't mean you won't be liable for any past missing support payments. Your child support arrears will not be forgiven, as a modification will only affect your future child support obligation.
With the approval of the court, the parties have the right to compromise and settle child support arrears owed directly to the person owed support (family-owed arrears). State-owed debt cannot be forgiven.
You can contact the Attorney General's office to ask that the adverse reporting be removed. If there are arrears showing in your credit, you might ask the other parent to release the arrears so that the OAG's records show that you are current in your payments.
If there is past-due child support, the agency also must take something to start paying off the debt and interest. Generally, in Alaska, the maximum that can be withheld from a paycheck is 40% of the net disposable earnings.
Noncustodial parents may apply to the New York City Office of Child Support Services for a reduction or cancellation of arrears assigned to the New York City Department of Social Services through the Child Support Arrears Credit Program.
The good news is yes, child support arrears can potentially be forgiven. You would need to have a joint petition filed along with the other parent though, showing that you are both in mutual agreement and jointly requesting that the arrears be waived or forgiven.