$79,000 Federal Tax Lien - What....????!!!?

Question

I just found out that my son's father just had a federal lien filed against him in Circuit Court for $78,277.31. How is this going to affect child support and is he going to get locked up? Is there something I should be doing to keep my son safe from his craziness!! I know the IRS is NOT to be played with!!! Thank you!

Answer 1

It may not be IRS, since when does the IRS use circuit courts?

It should not affect your child support payments. But why take a chance, start your own business and get rich.

Answer 2

this was for unpaid income tax.  the lien is entered against any real estate he may own.  The IRS may also attach his bank accounts, if any, and of course if he were to be eligible for income tax refunds, then the IRS will keep that also.

Answer 3

What is the lien against?  Does he own a house?  Usually the IRS files a lien against a person's house.  If it's a lien against his house then it simply means he can't sell his house without satisfying his debt to the IRS.  It shouldn't affect your child support.

Answer 4

The office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court will be the place the state designates for filing liens and judgments against debtors.  It just gives public notice of the debt. Your son is not involved in any way.  His father just has a large tax debt that he needs to deal with.

Answer 5

As the others have already answered, a lien is against property he owns and he will not be able to sell it without paying off the IRS.  But the others did not mention that it against anything of value that he will own in the future.  So if he buys a house or a nice car, that will also become attached to the lien and he can never successfully sell it until the IRS debt is satisfied.

This will not affect child support.  Child support has preference over everything else that can get to his refunds, even before this lien.

Answer 6

It won't affect the child support at all, and he won't be locked up. What the lien does is attach to all property he owns, which in practical terms generally means that he can't sell real property without the profit going to the IRS. It also means there's negative information his credit report.