RedHawk88
New Member
- Jurisdiction
- Washington
Where to begin - haha. OK so in 2013-ish I started a child support case through DCS to locate my sons father to establish child support. In 2015, we found him in TX (son and I live in WA - and always have. He was born here). As of 2016, there is a current case for PAST support. Despite the request of the State of WA, TX has NOT established a current child support order. One of many 'whoops, we messed up' messages that the Office of the Attorney General in Austin has sent to WA State. So as of December 2017, there is ZERO current support order still.
As for the PAST support order, this amount was negotiated and lowered without my consent - I was not even notified that there was a hearing. So my son gets all of $80 per month for past support with an $8k balance. He will be paying on that for over 8 YEARS. My case should not even BE in TEXAS like this to begin with. I am the custodial parent, and myself nor my son have EVER lived there. Why does he get to show up to hearings in his own city in a case we are both involved in and I don't even get to be able to be there via phone??
My case worker here in WA has been sending them letters every week or so, but that is not doing anything. She doesn't even call me when there is an update. I have to physically go to the office near me and have someone else look through it to get any information - and when I ask for a copy of the information in my case, I can't even get that.
It would be more efficient I would think to go about this myself w/ a lawyer or to at least have someone be able to tell me what is going on/what is supposed to happen, because a lot of this does not make sense. They are telling me that if I go to TX direct for information then my child support case could be cancelled altogether. That can't be legal. I am tired of being walked over and treated like this - I need to know what is going on with my case, and I need to know what to do to make this case happen. 4 years is long enough - the current order needs to be in place and past support changed to match.
I wish I could afford a lawyer - and no one in my area has any ProBono offers, nor any pays scales where I don't have to pay $100 just to talk to someone for 30 min to see if they will take the case period!
QUESTION: What can I do on my own with this, or what can I bring to DCS's attention? The case worker does not want me sending her information and has not called be back in months.
The father is in the middle of a 3 year probation - so not going anywhere...yet. He has NO visitation and NO custody. He does not want it - even when offered. He has his own unregistered small business that he does not claim taxes on. He files as unemployed.
As for the PAST support order, this amount was negotiated and lowered without my consent - I was not even notified that there was a hearing. So my son gets all of $80 per month for past support with an $8k balance. He will be paying on that for over 8 YEARS. My case should not even BE in TEXAS like this to begin with. I am the custodial parent, and myself nor my son have EVER lived there. Why does he get to show up to hearings in his own city in a case we are both involved in and I don't even get to be able to be there via phone??
My case worker here in WA has been sending them letters every week or so, but that is not doing anything. She doesn't even call me when there is an update. I have to physically go to the office near me and have someone else look through it to get any information - and when I ask for a copy of the information in my case, I can't even get that.
It would be more efficient I would think to go about this myself w/ a lawyer or to at least have someone be able to tell me what is going on/what is supposed to happen, because a lot of this does not make sense. They are telling me that if I go to TX direct for information then my child support case could be cancelled altogether. That can't be legal. I am tired of being walked over and treated like this - I need to know what is going on with my case, and I need to know what to do to make this case happen. 4 years is long enough - the current order needs to be in place and past support changed to match.
I wish I could afford a lawyer - and no one in my area has any ProBono offers, nor any pays scales where I don't have to pay $100 just to talk to someone for 30 min to see if they will take the case period!
QUESTION: What can I do on my own with this, or what can I bring to DCS's attention? The case worker does not want me sending her information and has not called be back in months.
The father is in the middle of a 3 year probation - so not going anywhere...yet. He has NO visitation and NO custody. He does not want it - even when offered. He has his own unregistered small business that he does not claim taxes on. He files as unemployed.
