Support Collectors Blog

Some insightful - and sometimes random - thoughts on child support issues. Join the discussion!

lump sum of $86,000 in child support collected this month!

Success comes in all sizes… a first payment on a child support case that has not had a payment in years, a full settlement on a case or even just finding the NCP. We just had the privilege of helping a client receive a settlement in full from the estate of a deceased NCP. Liens [...]

It’s Tax time… again…

Hard to believe that 2012 has come and gone and here at Support Collectors, we know this is true sign since we are getting lots of questions on tax intercepts. Jan and February always bring tons of questions on tax intercepts and state refunds to collect child support. Please keep one thing in mind, tax [...]

My Husband or Boyfriend is paying too much child support…

Picture this, you meet Mister Right and he was in a previous relationship, had a child and is now paying child support. You and Mr Right are now married and you have a family and his paychecks are getting smaller and smaller due the child support and taxes that come out his check AND on [...]

Child Support and VA Disability: Can you get support payments?

With more and more soldiers returning to the workforce and many coming back with VA ratings, the question has been posed many times to our office about the possibility of getting child support from VA benefits or from the GI Bill if the soldier is going back to school. Let’s take the income sources one [...]

Conversations with our clients owed child support

As the Director of Client Services for a private child support enforcement agency, I’m fortunate to be able to meet a variety of individual and help them navigate through the child support collection process. I’d like to share some of their words of wisdom with you and what I have learned from them. The common [...]

Can I collect child support or alimony if my county child support enforcement case is closed?

We hear this question on a daily basis, the county child support agency has had no luck finding or collecting from the absent parent and then they decide to close the case as uncollectable. Many parents feel helpless and rightfully so! You can use other options to try and collect, such as a private child [...]

How does Support Collectors differ from Government Agencies?

While it’s difficult to compare the work of the government child support enforcement agencies to the success of Support Collectors, two words do come to mind, time and effort. Government child support agencies have a large percentage of cases that pay on a consistent basis and require maintenance work only. Cases that Support Collectors work [...]

Child Support is Not “Let’s Make a Deal”

In an effort to get the support families deserve some custodial parents will try and make a deal with the person who owes support. The absent parent has a way of tugging at some of the old feelings we may still have, after all, we did care for them at one point. I’ve heard custodial [...]

Laches Defense and Child Support

Laches is an unreasonable delay pursuing a right or claim that prejudices the [opposing] party”. The person invoking laches is asserting that an opposing party has “slept on its rights,” and that, as a result of this delay, circumstances for the non-custodial parent have changed and it is no longer just to grant the plaintiff’s [...]

I’m a Guy with Custody of the Kids and nobody will help me collect my child support!

Since the majority of women are the parents that custody is given to, it makes sense that statistically there are more women than men that are owed support. No matter who has custody of the child, support is due to the family. We receive many calls from custodial parents saying that their state child support [...]