When Can You Bring Contempt Charges

My question involves child support in the State of: Colorado

I am looking into pursuing contempt charges for $10,000 in back child support arrears, from the father of my daughter. I live in Colorado, he lives in Montana. I have been informed by my child support case worker that, he has no job, no income and no assets. Also, that Montana has taken his license and no more action will be taken due to lack of income.

He and his wife own a business that he has been very careful not to legally attach his name to, along with any income he makes or the home they live in, etc.

SO my questions are:

If he hides his income, will filing for contempt be any more promising than what child support has done?

Would using a lawyer help the situation?

After my daughter turns 18 are the back arrears forgiven or will he always owe this money?

I think it was mentioned elsewhere, but generally you'd have to prove that he's willfully not paying. If he's unemployed through no fault of his own, the court isn't likely to find him in contempt.

The arrears will remain until he pays up.

Unfortunately, the sad reality is that some parents will quite literally do anything to avoid paying child support.

SO if I went through with contempt charges, all he would have to claim is that he doesn't have or need a job because his wife supports him? How long can someone be unemployed through no fault of their own before a judge would claim it to be a fault of his own?:confused: