My question involves child support in the State of: New Mexico
I have a daughter with a woman who waited until my daughter was 9 years old before she filed for child support, she told me she had a miscarriage and wanted nothing more to do with me. When she no longer has someone to support her she went after me for support. Stupidly I signed and accepted the arrears, in the amount of 35000. My wife and I made payments and we have got it down to 13000. Now my daughter turned 18 in March of this year and when she was 18 she had already dropped out of school. On my original child support order it CLEARLY states that when the child has reached 18 and is out of school, or is 19 and still in school, I will only pay on the arrears, in the amount of 100 a month. My Child support caseworker sent a letter to my employer and myself changing the amount of payments to 100 a month in August, now I got a letter in the mail stating that I will have to pay the full amount once again, and threatening to take my drivers liscence. Obviously I am not the one that made the changes to file, the child support caseworker made the changes, because it says it on my order, that the arrears are to be paid at 100 a month. Can they do this, can they keep changing things without my right to appeal the order, and why do they keep doing things like this. I would like some advice on what to do and if I need an attorney. I do have a copy of my original order, the I signed in 2002 and we have never gone to court or had any changes made that I am aware of. Thanks

