My Father Owes Over $100,000 And Is Comitting Social Security Collections Fraud

My question involves child support in the State of:Michigan


My parents have been divorced for 18 years now (most of my life). My father quit paying child support on a regular basis back in February of 2000. Currently owes over $100,000 in back pay and is not working. My father claimed his Bi-polar (which he was/is on medication for) disorder to Social Security and was backed by his psychiatrist and perposly quit taking his medication before being evaluated by the psychiatrist at the SSA office (In Michigan, of which he is a residant). As a result, he is now collecting Social Security and still has made no payments on child support.

My questions are:

1. Can child support be taken out of his social security checks?

2. Can any thing be done to force him to make any sort of payment?

3. Can he be reported to the SSA for doing this?

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1. Can child support be taken out of his social security checks?

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Possibly but dont count on it. My Ex has done exact same thing. Child support services went after her but court ruled her checks could not be attached. How she was on a form of disability slightly different than normal SSI. Ask your county's Child Support Services or DA

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2. Can any thing be done to force him to make any sort of payment?

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Other than what was mentioned above probably not

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3. Can he be reported to the SSA for doing this?

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Report what? You have no proof a fraud has taken place. However you can go to the SSA website there is a report number there you can call. Dont hold your breath on anything happenning.

I'm sorry I couldnt give you the answers you want but I have been through this and its very similar to my own situation.

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Quoting rqualls

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My question involves child support in the State of:Michigan


My parents have been divorced for 18 years now (most of my life). My father quit paying child support on a regular basis back in February of 2000. Currently owes over $100,000 in back pay and is not working. My father claimed his Bi-polar (which he was/is on medication for) disorder to Social Security and was backed by his psychiatrist and perposly quit taking his medication before being evaluated by the psychiatrist at the SSA office (In Michigan, of which he is a residant). As a result, he is now collecting Social Security and still has made no payments on child support.

My questions are:

1. Can child support be taken out of his social security checks?

2. Can any thing be done to force him to make any sort of payment?

3. Can he be reported to the SSA for doing this?

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1. If your father is recieving only SSDI, yes, the arrears can be garnished from SSDI. Your mother will need a court order for that though, she needs to file a petition for payment of the arrears.

However, if your father is recieving only SSI, or a combination of SSDI and SSI, no CS cannot be garnished.

2. If he is recieving SSI and does not have any assets, no there's no way to force any payment.

3. You can try, but, unless you can prove that he deliberately committed fraud, nothing can be done.

I have been out of work since 2002 and the child support enforcement from Massachusetts has been garnishing my SSDI since that time in an amount of $600 a month. The DOR has also intercepted my state tax and federal tax stimulus package for the arearrages. (spell) Thankfully I got $4000 left to pay.