My 15 year-old daughter refuses to go back and live with her mother. I thought I’d still have to make “ransom payments” anyway and have been doing so. Last Friday I got a letter from Child Support Enforcement and called them back immediately. They told me that as long as the child is living with me they will not bring any enforcement or collection action against me. I was surprised to learn that. I have sent them (via fax) a letter outlining the situation as well as what supporting documentation I could from my daughter’s school acknowledging that she’s living with me, bank statements showing the payments up to date and the fact that my daughter filed an abuse complaint against her mother with Childrens’ Services on August 28th. I am hopeful that will bring me a freedom which I haven’t had in 15 years. I think that it will mean that the mother’s only option would be to try to hire an attorney to try to force a 15 year-old to live where she doesn’t want to. Even if she had the money to do so, I’ve been told she wouldn’t have much luck with that.
I don’t know what your original court order says but until it is changed it is still in effect. I don’t care what Child Support does but you need to find the form, in most states in can be found online and file it with the courts. You can’t believe some of the things that can happen if you don’t.