GA: CS during appeal

EX filed appeal of CS and says he does not need to pay during appeal process as the CS order has been stayed. He even said if he loses appeal he does not need to pay for the CS during the appeal, which means CS does not accrue? I'm very confused. It does not seem fair - how am I supposed to support my son for what could take another year?

renata said:

EX filed appeal of CS and says he does not need to pay during appeal process as the CS order has been stayed. He even said if he loses appeal he does not need to pay for the CS during the appeal, which means CS does not accrue?

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Never take legal advice from you ex.

I'm very confused. It does not seem fair - how am I supposed to support my son for what could take another year?

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Get a job or some other (legal) source of income. Child support is not meant to pay 100% for the support of the child.

Your entire post seems to be premised on the belief that what your ex told you is true, but it isn't.

Also, read this.

renata said:

EX filed appeal of CS and says he does not need to pay during appeal process as the CS order has been stayed. He even said if he loses appeal he does not need to pay for the CS during the appeal, which means CS does not accrue? I'm very confused. It does not seem fair - how am I supposed to support my son for what could take another year?

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Okay, I'll stop laughing now.

Um, if he stops paying CS, the arrears (CS that was not paid, and is owed) most certainly accrue! A court order is a court order until it isn't a court order. Unless your child has aged out, or custody has changed, your ex is still going to have to pay something greater than zero in CS.

Does your child support go through the state? Division of Child Support Services | Georgia Department of Human Services

If not, request at court that child support payments go through the state. That way the person who deals with him actually gets paid for the irritation.

On what basis is he appealing the CS?

Red Kayak said:

On what basis is he appealing the CS?

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A prospective client once told me, "I want to appeal it."
I asked, "On what basis?"
He said, "It'll buy me time."

I've always referred to that sort of thinking as the "buy me more time" Doctrine.

I use the term prospective because I thanked him for thinking of me, but said I prefer to do criminal appeals.

Let him think what he wants - he'll find out eventually how wrong he is.

Concur get a job - child support is never going to completely take care of your child nor should it since it's supposed to be what they would contribute if they still lived at home.

My ex husband hasn't paid child support in 3 years. And he only has to pay for our daughter like $86 a month. For all four of his kids total - $331 a month. No one has gotten anything. If he keeps this newest job more than a few weeks, maybe. But I don't depend on it. When I did get it, I got $25 a week. It went into an account I had set up for my daughter when she briefly got SSI - and which her daycare came out of. Now it's just an account with her name on it.

Oh and he owes me half of daycare - which he has yet to pay in 4 years and owes me $10,000+ and counting.

You do your thing and don't worry about him.