Order Arrearage Set

Failure to obey a court order is called contempt of court. If you owe unpaid child support, the other parent can ask for a hearing before a judge and ask that you be held in contempt of court.If you attend the hearing, the judge can still throw you in jail for violating the order to pay the support.

The crime is charged as a misdemeanor if the parent has failed to make payments for more than one year or failed to make more than $5,000 in payments. The crime is increased to a felony if the parent has failed to make payments for more than two years or failed to make $10,000 in payments.

If you are paying child support for children who have reached the age of majority which in Alabama is 19, you need to be proactive about your situation. I strongly suggest that you file a petition to modify child support along with an affidavit due to the fact that the child has reached adulthood.

AL Statute of Limitations on Back Child Support Payments (Arrears) In Alabama, child support enforcement must take place within 20 years from date of judgment for purpose of obtaining an order of support.

The parent must receive the court papers in accordance with state law in order to be properly served. If the parent is found in contempt, it means he or she did not obey the support order on purpose. The parent could be sent to jail.

When you lose your job the legal obligation to pay child support does not stop it will not go away. If there are arrears of payment of child support the amount of the arrears is not waived. Becoming a bankrupt does not extinguish the arrears the debt survives the bankruptcy.

Can child support arrears be dropped in Alabama? In certain cases, child support arrears can be dropped. If the parent who owes the child support is unemployed, self-employed or is judgment proof, a recipient may choose to sign a release of judgment.