Divorce Advice for Men | Fathers Rights Divorce | Child Custody

Question:

My ex is threatening to garnish my wages because I refuse to pay for a car for my 18-year-old child. It does not say in the divorce decree that I have to do this.

I already pay for half their college tuition and expenses. Can she force me to pay for the car, and if so will she be able to get an income deduction order?

By Andrea Johnson

Attorney, Cordell & Cordell

Many people are adamantly opposing to the idea of having their child support payments being deducted from their paychecks since the paying party often sees it as an invasion of privacy. 

I have had clients tell me that they will fight any order that requires their paychecks to withhold their child support because they simply do not want their employers to know their personal business. 

It is often the perception that a paying parent should not be subject to any wage garnishment so long as they are current on their support payment.

But that isn't always the case.

Question:

I currently have a court order for paying child support arrears from a state I used to live in. The administrator handling my out-of-state child support order has submitted a wage garnishment order for an amount above the court-ordered payment.

Who has the authority in this case - the child support agency or the court order? How do I challenge an incorrect wage garnishment?

Question:

My child support was modified and reduced by a substantial amount a couple months ago to reflect a change in my state's law.

Yet I recently received another income withholding order for the original child support amount, not the recently modified amount.

What can I do to ensure my wage garnishment matches the updated child support order?

Question:

My child support is collected through garnishment of my wages. However the amount being garnished is not the full amount of the child support owed because I do not make enough money.

Can my wife come after me for contempt even though my wages are being garnished the maximum amount allowed?