Long story short; my DD's father has never paid his court ordered child support, she is almost 5. He just went to court again for contempt, and the case info only states "Result: Denied". Does anyone know what that means??
Yes, J B you are exactly right, "The case was your state's child support enforcement division taking him to court on your behalf for contempt for not paying, right?". I got the information from the county court house, public records, that is available online. I had gotten a notice in the mail regarding the hearing, so I checked out the record afterward, and that's all it said. Usually there is a long list of things where you can somewhat understand the court proceedings, but this literally had two lines, "Hearing for contempt (date etc..)" and then "Result: Denied" (??)
This guy only works under the table, to avoid wages being garnished, there are NO tax returns. He goes to court and claims not to have a job, which depending on the time, may or may not be true, he just does labor work to get him by, his court order is only $53 per week. I haven't seen him in 4 years...
**It's the State against him, not me, and the order is 4 years old. So far through this, he has lost his license. BTW, he got arrested last year for a DUI, and bail was $1000, which they sent to me. So, he manages to get bail money together, but doesn't pay $53/week for his own child. You can see the mentality of this pathetic loser. We were never married (thank God!), and No, he is not involved at all, and honestly, under the circumstances, we are better off.
Maybe he was trying to get out of the contempt charges or he'd asked for the amount to be lowered and it was denied.
Without more information, it's almost impossible to guess what it means.
You have a right to look at the court file. Maybe you can get more information by doing that.
Remember that child support does not go away once the child turns 18 and he won’t be able to hide forever. Eventually he is going to want to buy a house, get married ect and they will find him but you have to be consistent about calling child support enforcement or your name just gets lost. Denied usually means that they didn’t hold him for contempt but its only denied if he has agreed to pay a percentage of arrears balance. Call them-you may be getting something soon
Oh that's an odd one...haven't seen that in any of many times we've been to court for our kids. It would mean that whatever petition or motion that was brought before the court was denied I think.
I guess it would depend on what the specific action before the court was...if there was a motion being heard, do you know what it was? The case was your state's child support enforcement division taking him to court on your behalf for contempt for not paying, right? Not him requesting a hearing or something?
Whatever the case, you should be able to go to the clerk's office at the courthouse and get a copy of whatever happened in court. If they denied a request to hold him in contempt for not paying, that would be pretty disappointing.
FWIW, Florida's child support enforcement has a reputation for being grossly ineffective that spreads far and wide. My oldest son's father moved to FL because of its abysmal reputation for child support enforcement. He hasn't paid me anything in 14 years and they still won't do anything effective because the case is out of state. I hope you get some answers and some action.
You took him to court for contempt or he went to court claiming you are in contempt?
Check with your state's Attorney General - my sister got help by going that route, the state of Tx withdrew from his paychekcs and tax returns before he even got the money to begin with.
