Dad No Longer Has to Pay Child Support

My question involves child support in the State of: Arizona

I'm the daughter of a very hard working mother who works 13 hour days to just pay for my sister, her and I to live day to day. My sister ( she's 15 ) and I ( I'm 20 ) used to visit our dad Friday nights and Saturdays up until the beginning of this year. Our dad was able to get the court to dismiss his child support. I understand my dad does not need to pay child support for me, but shouldn't he still have to pay for my sister? This is when my sister and I stopped seeing our dad. My mom took this to court, and went through the process of having it appealed. She took 2 days off of work, missed out on hundreds of dollars just to do this. Then today when she checked her mailbox she had a letter from the family court saying that she failed to appear to the court date. My mom has been checking the mailbox for weeks for a notice as to when she was supposed to appear, and she got nothing. She now owes a fine of $100 for not appearing, and she'll have to go through the grueling 3 month process again to try and get some money out of our dad. What can she do...? Is there anything I can do? Is there a way I can take my dad to court? I'm tired of seeing this family living in pain because my dad refuses to help his kids, and the mother of his kids.

You have no standing to do anything at all, I'm afraid.

Is it possible to have your Mom sign up? She may be able to answer a couple of questions I have.

(Such as, did she ever call the court? How was Dad able to get the court to drop child support?)

Is there a reason why you (since you're an adult) aren't supporting yourself? (I'm not picking - I'm curious)

I do support myself, or the best that I can. I'm a full time college student 1 semester away from graduating with my associates degree. I also work 20 hours a week in between my college studies. I pay my mom rent (we live in a 2 bedroom apartment ), I pay for 80% of my own food, my transportation, and other luxuries. I already asked my mom if she would perhaps ask a legal forum what she should do in this situation to calm her nerves till morning, and she refused. Which is why I'm here. She did call the court about the child support issues back when it happened, but has not called them about the failure to appear. She got this notice from the mailbox at 9 PM tonight, and the courts aren't open. She will be calling them tomorrow.

There's really not an awful lot I can tell you to put your Mom's mind at ease; when she knew there was a court action she really needed to have called them to find out when the court date was.

But that aside, if you can find out exactly what the proceeding was when Dad was able to have the child support stopped that might be helpful.

You have no standing here to bring any legal action against your dad. It's up to your mom to keep track of her court dates, even if that means calling the Clerk's office to find out when the case is on calendar.

What was the court's initial ruling re: support? The ruling she appealed and failed to appear for? Whether or not your father owes support for your sister depends on many variables. Did she default at the hearing that she's now trying to appeal?