very confused

[steppie13]

I have 2 children with an ex-boyfriend. We have an established child visitation order (which he dosnt follow), we also have an estabblished child support order, which has been changed once(they explained it is reevaluated every 3 years unless requested earlier by one of the parents). This brings me to my question. My ex is a little over 10,000.00 behind in support, so the Lake county prosecuters office is looking into it, we have a court date of october 15 , 2008 my question is the papers tha tcame said "motion to show cause" what exactaly does that mean. My second question is, family and friends told me that i dont need to take legal support of my own that the prosecutor is there on my side.How true is that and should I look into legal support to go to court with me.

 

[irish223]

The motion to show cause is a motion to compel your ex to appear in court to explain why he has violated the court order for support. If the county is prosecuting him, I don't know why you would need a lawyer; however, I'm NOT a lawyer, and other members may have another opinion.

 

[ohiogranny]

What state are you in?

My son has a CS order against his ex, and the assistant prosecutor handles the "enforcement" for the child support enforcement agency. They haven't done much enforcing over the last 5 years.

You can call the prosecutor to ask, but it seems like (s)he is handling it for the state. I'd like to know the outcome of that (after he's given a chance to obtain counsel etc).