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    Default Child Support is Being Garnished, but Custodial Parent Says She's Not Receiving Money

    My question involves child support in the State of: Support order out of Indiana, Recipient in Michigan

    My ex-wife is claiming she is not receiving child support, but I see the garnishment out of my severance checks (I was laid off) and have checked with Indiana's collection office to confirm Michigan is getting paid.

    She is withholding visitation because she is not getting money, which is nothing new... I've only seen my kids 4 times in two years anyway. As soon as I am on unemployment, I can finally qualify for legal aid and get that taken care of... but until then, I just have to deal with it. But that is another story... I'm more concerned about making sure she is getting the support.

    What could be the issue here?

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    Default Re: She Claims She is Not Getting Child Support That is Being Garnished

    Have you called the Michigan disbursement office?

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    Default Re: She Claims She is Not Getting Child Support That is Being Garnished

    I have left a message. I guess they will get back to me. Either she moved and didn't tell them, or she is getting the checks taken away for accepting assistance... those are my guesses after some research.

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    Default Re: She Claims She is Not Getting Child Support That is Being Garnished

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    My question involves child support in the State of: Support order out of Indiana, Recipient in Michigan

    My ex-wife is claiming she is not receiving child support, but I see the garnishment out of my severance checks (I was laid off) and have checked with Indiana's collection office to confirm Michigan is getting paid.

    She is withholding visitation because she is not getting money, which is nothing new... I've only seen my kids 4 times in two years anyway. As soon as I am on unemployment, I can finally qualify for legal aid and get that taken care of... but until then, I just have to deal with it. But that is another story... I'm more concerned about making sure she is getting the support.

    What could be the issue here?
    Does your order have a Mi case number? Is mom on state assistance in Mi?

    Who exactly did you call in Mi on this? Has the Indiana order been assigned to an FOC office?

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    Default Re: She Claims She is Not Getting Child Support That is Being Garnished

    I called the Wayne County FOC, where she is living now. I do not have a Mi case number. I don't think they will give me info. I encountered an issue a year or so ago in a different county in Michigan would not give me information. They said it was her responsibility to follow-up with any issues.

    She has always been on assistance and has told the kids I don't pay since the order was created, so for her to suddenly claim to me that she isn't getting anything seems strange. The issue before was her failing to file the proper paperwork with the court. The money being garnished was being sent to the wrong state and I accrued arrears in error.

    I just want to make sure there isn't an issue because this is from a severance check. It might be possible that there is some processing issue I need to be aware of, but from I can tell so far and according to Indiana, there are no issues on my end.

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    I forgot to mention that the order had been assigned to Monroe County, her previous address. She moved to Wayne County in December, but she hasn't mentioned the child support until now and I was laid off in February. Also, she has no way of knowing I was laid off. I filed for a reduction in case I am unable to find a job before I am on unemployment, but I haven't gotten served with a court hearing date yet so I assume she hasn't either. She said, "You didn't tell me anything happened to your job" but I have no idea how she found out. I thought it would all be taken care of since I am still getting full paycheck for a little while.

    She said she notified Indiana she moved but I am not sure if she has changed her records with Michigan. The Indiana people said they send the money to an interstate agency and can't tell me where exactly it is going. The last time this stuff happened, she said to me on the phone, "Can't you go to jail for not paying?" and I think it was on purpose. I got it fixed, but I am a little paranoid she has done something yet again to try and get me in trouble.

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    Default Re: She Claims She is Not Getting Child Support That is Being Garnished

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    I called the Wayne County FOC, where she is living now. I do not have a Mi case number. I don't think they will give me info. I encountered an issue a year or so ago in a different county in Michigan would not give me information. They said it was her responsibility to follow-up with any issues.

    She has always been on assistance and has told the kids I don't pay since the order was created, so for her to suddenly claim to me that she isn't getting anything seems strange. The issue before was her failing to file the proper paperwork with the court. The money being garnished was being sent to the wrong state and I accrued arrears in error.

    I just want to make sure there isn't an issue because this is from a severance check. It might be possible that there is some processing issue I need to be aware of, but from I can tell so far and according to Indiana, there are no issues on my end.
    Well since she is on state assistance in Mi, then most likely the state is keeping the money to pay back her state assistance. She would only get herself anything left over after the state assistance is paid.

    You tell them, your name is on the order, your required to pay her child support by that order, and your entitled to know where that money is that you paid. Someone in Mi has to account for that child support that IN sends them on your case. Just cause mom moved to Wayne County, does not mean Wayne County has her case, the case still could be in the last county she lived in. Either way your entitled to information. I would also get me the case number, there will be some case number on it, even the order is out of IN, that's how they keep track of it by case number. You can request once a year an accounting of the child support, I believe you have to do that in writing and send that to the FOC who is in charge of the case. With no case number though you can't do it.

    Once you get that case number you can go to Micase and sign up and have access at your fingertips to the child support your paying and it also will tell you of other things happening in your CS case.

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    Default Re: She Claims She is Not Getting Child Support That is Being Garnished

    Thanks. I will try that. I have had trouble accessing Mi Case before. They never send me a password. I have sent 5 requests over the last two years and I don't know what the problem is... perhaps she is actually on record in another state. My imagination runs wild with this one, she is crafty... LOL

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    Well, I got a call back back from the PA office in Indiana at least. She said that I need to tell my ex that she needs to contact Michigan's CS offices (which I have, except my ex doesn't really care to look into it herself and has told me she's done everything she is supposed to). I asked if they had on record if she moved, and she said she will not give me her address. She was a real b!itch about it, too. This is so frustrating... being treated like a criminal when all I want to do is make sure the kids are getting what they are supposed to get and cover my own a**. It isn't like I'm not allowed to know her address... in fact, I have a right to know where my kids are living. I believe I have a current address, but she does have a history of moving and not telling me for three or four months until the kids spill the beans on a phonecall.

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    I just got a hold of Wayne County. They said that her case would stay in Monroe since it is an adjacent county. Even though Wayne isn't handling the case, she said she can see all my information. They said the checks are being disbursed to her checking account. She advised me to call Monroe FOC to follow up. She also told me I have two ID numbers in Michigan and that I should only have 1, and that might be the source of my difficulty in getting a response to getting a PIN for MiCase. She was very helpful and police, a nice change from the PA office lady in Indiana. I had to leave a message with Monroe FOC.

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    Default Re: She Claims She is Not Getting Child Support That is Being Garnished

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    Thanks. I will try that. I have had trouble accessing Mi Case before. They never send me a password. I have sent 5 requests over the last two years and I don't know what the problem is... perhaps she is actually on record in another state. My imagination runs wild with this one, she is crafty... LOL

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    Well, I got a call back back from the PA office in Indiana at least. She said that I need to tell my ex that she needs to contact Michigan's CS offices (which I have, except my ex doesn't really care to look into it herself and has told me she's done everything she is supposed to). I asked if they had on record if she moved, and she said she will not give me her address. She was a real b!itch about it, too. This is so frustrating... being treated like a criminal when all I want to do is make sure the kids are getting what they are supposed to get and cover my own a**. It isn't like I'm not allowed to know her address... in fact, I have a right to know where my kids are living. I believe I have a current address, but she does have a history of moving and not telling me for three or four months until the kids spill the beans on a phonecall.

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    I just got a hold of Wayne County. They said that her case would stay in Monroe since it is an adjacent county. Even though Wayne isn't handling the case, she said she can see all my information. They said the checks are being disbursed to her checking account. She advised me to call Monroe FOC to follow up. She also told me I have two ID numbers in Michigan and that I should only have 1, and that might be the source of my difficulty in getting a response to getting a PIN for MiCase. She was very helpful and police, a nice change from the PA office lady in Indiana. I had to leave a message with Monroe FOC.
    It is up to your ex to find out where her child support is. Only so much you can do, and honestly ya know it is being taken out of your checks and IN has assured you it is being sent to Mi. Point being the money is being taken out of your check, so at least as far as that goes nothing more for you to do. Ex says it is not coming to her, then she can find out why it is not.

    Your order is out of IN, so as far as her not giving you the current address, that you would need to look up for IN. Cause how Mi sees that, does not matter, and you probably will never get anybody in Mi to tell you what her address is. Mi will just keep referring you back to IN on that, as they have jurisdiction over the orders. Lots of cases out there that addresses have to be kept confidential, and that is why Mi will not tell you her address, they have no idea what your IN order says on that. I do know IN has a really nice parenting time guideline, so google that and see what it says, check your order and see what it says anything about either of you have to inform the other about current address.

    The only time that I know of that you would have 2 Mi numbers, is if you had 2 different cases with 2 different people. I recall in one of your other postings, that you do have a child with someone else, they don't live in Mi right? I know people that have 2 different Mi numbers because they have 2 different cases, but in order to get on Micase, they only use one of those numbers, once logged in though both cases under their name come up. So yeah it is strange they are telling you, you have 2 and even if that is the case, that should not cause you a problem for getting a PIN and being able to use Micase. So again strange that your having trouble getting the PIN and using Micase. So this I would want to find out.

    Leaving messages at any FOC for your case, often requires several times of calling and leaving messages, before you receive a call back. Just sayin, ya need to keep leaving them if no one calls you back. Eventually they get sick of it and know your just going to keep calling, so they will return the call. There hope is if they ignore the messages at first, the person gives ups and they don't have to deal with them.

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    Default Re: She Claims She is Not Getting Child Support That is Being Garnished

    All the children live in Michigan. A lady from the MI PA office was the one who told me that I should just have one ID, not two. The divorce decree indeed states that she is supposed to inform me of any relocation with notice. She has not complied with any of the provisions for parenting time or visitation, I just need to get a lawyer... that is something I'm working on.

    Thanks for the advice, folks!

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    Default Re: She Claims She is Not Getting Child Support That is Being Garnished

    Well, I confirmed with everyone I could possibly confirm with that my payments are being received. I am also in the process of getting the MiCase issue fixed. They said it happened because she tried to open a second child support order on me when I already had one out of another state that I was paying on. She claimed she had no child support order when she applied for assistance in Michigan. She thought they wouldn't figure it out or I wouldn't try and get it fixed... that happened over a year ago, but I guess fixing the issue back then didn't fix the fact that there was still a separate ID.

    I think she just wants to make me sweat and do everything in her power to get me in trouble. Too bad for her, I am not doing anything wrong and she is about to be brought to court to explain why I don't get my visitation. I meet with a legal aid group tomorrow.

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