Enforcement of Orders Attorney in McKinney, Texas
How can you help me if my ex-spouse stops paying support?
How can you help me if my ex-spouse stops paying support?
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if
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your ex stops paying child support
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there are a number of remedies available
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in texas
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to try to enforce that you can do
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file a private enforcement proceeding
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where you are seeking to have the person
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held in contempt
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for each violation of
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failing to pay child support texas does
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not consider child support to be late
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until the end of the month and it does
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not consider it to be late until you are
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a full month behind so if you’re going
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through the attorney general
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you have to be at least one full month
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behind before you can
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enforce now a person can be found in
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contempt
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for any violation of failing to pay
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child support within that particular
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month
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there are a variety of remedies
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available when someone is held in
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contempt
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they can serve time in jail they can be
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ordered to pay a fine
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they can be ordered to pay your
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attorney’s fees
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on the enforcement proceeding the
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attorney general will do such things
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as take a tax refund or take a stimulus
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check if someone is in arrears on their
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child support
Dallas, TX family law attorney Holly Draper shares how she can help someone whose ex-spouse stops paying support.
