My question involves child support in the State of: TX
My ex quit paying child support in Sept 2009. He then applied for SSDI in early 2011, March I believe. As most of you know we have been in court for a long time now. Trial was suposed to be Nov 15 but due some abuse going on at my ex's house CPS is now entering the case. So now we have my attorney, my ex (pro se), amicus attorneys, attorney general, and now CPS involved. The attorney general filed contempt for non payment of CS and during mediation advised me not to make any agreements on child support because dropping the contempt on that would hinder my ability to file contempt on him in the future. Well when we went to court on Nov. 15th the att gen wants me to drop the contempt and make an agreement on CS. My ex was approved for SSDI benifits back in June. I recieved a back pay for my daughters benifits. He recieved a lump sum also around 20K and never paid me anything extra from then knowing he owes over 16K in arrears. Att gen tells me that he will zero out on child support and the $256 I get from ssdi will replace my child support.
If I do agree to this...
Does this zero out thing back date to the time he applied for ssdi, knocking down arrears due now?
What about medical support? I have paid 100% of that. I pay $140/month extra to have her on my insurance and I pay all out of pocket too! Its supposed to be 50/50.
I would love to have one less issue in court, and be able to focus on more important things but at the same time its like the courts are saying "NCP you can pay what you what when you want, you can visit your child or not and there will be no consequences."

