The first step in establishing child support collections (payments) is to attain a legal court order for child support. In setting up a child support order, the court will determine the amount of money to be paid by the non-custodial parent each month. This amount will be based upon the pre-established child support guidelines that are designated by each state. These guidelines take into consideration such factors as the financial needs of the child, the custodial situation, and the economic resources of both parents. If the child is in foster care, the court order may determine that both parents are bound to pay child support. Most states also require that health insurance coverage be provided for children; therefore the court order for child support may also include a provision outlining the medical support for the children. These days, income withholding is the preferred method of child support collection in most states. This method allows the non-custodial parent’s employer to automatically deduct child support payments from his or her paycheck just as income taxes are deducted. These funds are then sent directly to the state’s child support collections agency for disbursement to the custodial parent. In addition to income withholding, most states can also utilize other methods for enforcing a court order for child support and collecting past due child support payments. These methods include credit bureau reporting, establishing liens against real and personal property; license denial or suspension, revoking passports; intercepting tax refunds, lottery winnings, unemployment funds, or workers’ compensation payments; garnishing bank accounts, and enforcement through the courts. When a non-custodial parent owes past due child support payments, the state child support agency may report this delinquency to the consumer credit bureaus that track credit records. This can affect the debtor’s ability to secure a loan, obtain employment, or establish a new credit card. According to the child support laws in most states, the state child support agency can place a lien on certain types of real property owned by the non-custodial parent such as his or her house or car. This lien will prevent the non-custodial parent from selling the property until all the debt is paid. In addition, some states allow the child support agency to seize the property as payment for past due child support payments. Many state child support agencies can work in cooperation with other state and federal agencies to request that a non-custodial parent who is in arrears for child support payments has certain licenses denied or revoked. These include driver’s licenses, recreational licenses, passports, and professional licenses. If a non-custodial owes past-due child support payments, the state child support collection agency may intercept other sources of income, such as tax refunds, lottery winnings, unemployment funds, or workers’ compensation payments to repay the debt. The amount intercepted will be no more than the amount of delinquent support owed. Child support agencies can also garnish a non-custodial parent’s bank accounts or investments in order to pay for past due child support payments. In severe cases, when the state has not been successful at obtaining child support payments using the other enforcement methods mentioned above, the child support agency may ask to courts to take action against the debtor. He or she may be subject to jail time or required to post bond agreeing to pay their child support payments on time in the future.

In the state of MD yes they can intercept an interitance for child support. However if your ex husband gets money from a life insurance policy no one can touch it. What you would need is to get an attorney that deals in child support. They will charge you a percentage but will usally not ask for any money upfront You can go online to childsupportlawyers.com and type in your state. You need to know that as far as the child support division goes they cand help you with this 7 steps to helping you to get child support. 1. Withhold childsupport from wages and unemploment benifits.
2. Intercept Federal and State Tax refunds to pay child support arrears.
3. Report parents owing past due support to credit bereaus.
4. Refer parents owing past-due support to the motor vechiche administration for drivers licence suspension.
5. Intercep Maaryland lottery winnings to pay child support arrears.
6. Bring contempt of court actions against parents who do not comply with thier child support court order.
7. Refer cases for Federal prosecution when non-custodial parents move to another state to avoid paying child support.

Thank You for the information you have provided. However while helpful, doesn't specifically address the question regarding INHERITANCE money. My child support is a court ordered arrangement. Does that mean that the child support enforcement agency in my jurisdiction will automatically intercept any money due or do I need to obtain an attorney to take that action?

Thank you for further clarifying that .But that raises ANOTHER queston. Does that mean any monies accounted for in his relatives estate that would have come from life insurance policies cannot be touched for child support? I know that a substantial amount of the inheritance came from the sale of real estate his uncle owned.

In short, Yes!

You would go back into the court that issued the child support order and tell them about the coming inheritance from New Jersey.

Child support is an interstate issue in our country and state borders are no barriers to enforcement of a child support order.

Yes, you certainly can make an emergency petition for interception of the inheritance money. If the money somehow already go through to the father, you can have the FBI take him into custody on order of the family court for arrearages in child support, and make him pay.