Legal Question in Family Law in Indiana
Child Support Order is in Indiana. Can California order me to pay thru them wit
My divorce and child support order occured through the Indiana legal system. My ex-wife resides in California with my minor children. Child support is being automatically deducted from my paycheck and is deposited directly into my ex-wife's bank account. Recently, I received an order from the California Child Support Division. The order states that all child support monies are to be immediately sent to them AND NO ONE ELSE. They state that if I do not comply with their order, I will be held in contempt. My questions are as follows:
1. If my divorce and child support order originated in Indiana and has not been domesticated in the state of California, can the state of California force me to have child support monies sent to them?
2. What is the process that my ex-wife would need to take in order to get the child support domesticated in the state of California?
3. What are my options if I do not want child support to be domesticated in the state of California?
Thank you so much for your assistance!
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: Child Support Order is in Indiana. Can California order me to pay thru them
The short answer is yes. There is a federal law that allows for this and it has been bedeviling local prosecutors and attorneys. All the ex-wife needs to do is to go the local prosecutor and they will take over the case. So far as I know there is nothing that can be done to stop California from enforcing the child support order.
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