If in the Divorce he is ordered no child support will he ever have to pay?

Question

I received my papers for my divorce and in it, it says he pays no child support yet the kids live with me except for two weeks a year. Right now I have no income so I'm living off family in the state of North Carolina. He still lives in Illinois. It also says he can claim two of our four children and of course he picked the younger two. I feel this is very wrong. He pays no support and then gets earned income tax credit for them. I can't go back to Illinois until my parole is over to my max out date because I left state. So I can't go there and disagree until then. Do I just ride it out then dispute it later? I have never signed anything. He filed the divorce and gave me joint custody where they permanatly live in the state of North Carolina. I just feel like hes taking advantage of my children, me, and the states money.. Very unfair Just need some help if some one can.

Answer 1

Your life sounds like a bad nightmare. If I were you, I would get over my parole and figure out whether or not I could afford the kids I have with out support. That or give the EX full custody.

Answer 2

File for Government Assistance programs like Medicaid. This will get the ball rolling for child support. Your ex will be charged for these bills.

Answer 3

You can file for child support through the North Carolina family court system  Talk to someone at social services and they can help you out with the paperwork .  Let the court system chase him down.

Answer 4

This is illegal, I've never heard of a Judge not giving the mother child support.  You should contact the atty generals office and tell them.  You also need to go file for food stamps and gov't housing and"Aid for dependant children", this will surely get the states attention and they will go after your ex.  Also when you file  your taxes you need to file on all four of your children.  If he's not making any support payments to you then he is not elegible to claim them.  If he does, then contact the IRS and they will get him for you.  Good luck.

Answer 5

As long as the children have lived in NC six months or more, NC can exercise jurisdiction over the children and issue child support order against him from NC,