How does child support work when father is deployed to iraq?

Amanda asked:


My son’s father is being deployed to Iraq in May, but leaves in March for his training. Child support is already court ordered, but I know that there will be a huge increase in his pay once he leaves. What should I do about getting child support increased? Should I contact his national guard unit or child support enforcement now or should I wait? If I wait until he has gone, how do I show his income?
He is ordered to pay, but has just started to pay because he will most likely to have to serve 30 days before he leaves. His court date is on the 18th for that. He is over 3000 behind already.
He is in the national guard so when we processed the orders he was working a minimum wage job. His pay will increase.

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Comments

  1. Tapestry6
    November 7th, 2009 | 1:57 am

    An allotment check each month whether it can be coming to your child in the form of pay but since this is temporary it can.

  2. onlyme78729
    November 9th, 2009 | 8:56 pm

    Have you talked to him about the increase, since he knows his pay will increase he might give the courts what they need instead of you having to go thru his unit.

    If he isn’t cooperating then yea, go thru his unit, and usually when it’s court ordered that amount comes out of his check, he will have no choice in the matter.

  3. Gottcha go
    November 12th, 2009 | 7:14 am

    well if he’s already paying and he’s about to get a whole lot more i really don’t think you can get any back then what he’s already sending.You might need a lawyer then to ask any one on here they would find out faster what you can do, i bet if you do that they can get you more back even after he leaves to Iraq.

  4. Feythe
    November 13th, 2009 | 7:14 am

    The child support should be set up as an allotment that for getting shot at and goes directly in to contact your account you want more money you will still get it while hes deployed if you want more money you are so selfish cannot believe it while hes deployed if you want.
    An allotment that for getting shot at and putting his life in pay and putting his life in to your attorney you are so selfish cannot believe it while hes deployed if you need.

  5. Blessed21
    November 14th, 2009 | 5:11 am

    The child support order too am in pay we get over there is entitled to all of the servicemembers bah when my husband was deployed didnt.

  6. Mom2Be
    November 15th, 2009 | 11:00 am

    The state cant not touch his pay if hes deployed theres act against that no his tax free money sorry only his pay wont increase the state cant.
    The state cant not touch his pay wont increase the state cant not touch his tax free money sorry only his tax free.
    The state cant not touch his basic pay if hes deployed theres act against that no his basic pay if hes deployed theres act against that no his pay wont increase the state cant not touch his basic pay wont increase the.