Possible Child Support Fraud
I have been paying child support since 1997. In 2000 my ex-wife reported that I hadn't paid any child support since the order. Took two years to clear that up. Then in 2003 she tried to hold me in contempt of court for not notifing her of pay raises. I am in the US Navy and she knows my rank and years of service. The support ordered was changed to a larger amount. Then in 2005 she tried again to hold me in contempt of court and got the child support raised. All parties involved on all occasions knew my location, address, phone number and pay. Towards the end of 2005 I recieved a letter that I owed an arrears of $916. When contacted the main support office in Nashville TN, they reported that it was $649 and told me to contact the office that was handling the case. Got in touch with them and they told me that I had not paid for the month of March. As I stated before I am in the military and the support coomes directly out of my check and this leaves a paper trail a mile long showing that support has been paid. Upon stated this to the office magically the arrears dissapeared (doesn't really exist anyway) and faxed me a statement stating this. Then on March 13, 2006 I recieved a letter stating that for the month of March I have not paid my child support. Once again I have federal documents stating that the child support was paid in full by me thru the state of Tennessee to my ex-wife. My question is how do I stop this from happening every year?
Problem with Credit for Support Payments
If the support payments aren't being credited in a timely fashion by the agency responsible for processing the payments, that's not "fraud". But it is a real headache. If you can't work things out with the agency itself, perhaps you can get help from your state legislator.