Child Support Arrear in Texas

If the non-custodial owes 28,000 in back child support how much time does he do in jail? While he is in Jail does the 28,000 disappear is it cleared?

[Gbyte]

No...he still owes it. Not sure how long he'll be in jail, only the judge can determine that to my knowledge.

Originally Posted by Unregistered If the non-custodial owes 28,000 in back child support how much time does he do in jail? While he is in Jail does the 28,000 disappear is it cleared?

I don't know, but if you find out, let me know...they're saying my husband in $21,000 in arrears, they're working on suspending his license, they have put a lien on our checking account so we can't touch any of the money in there, can't close the account, and it's $-21,000 right now. They're threatening arrest and to take all of the money we currently have in there, plus the direct deposit checks that will go in there until they can be stopped....so I'm not sure at this point what to do, we have tried everything, even our attorney can't get off his butt to do anything....So just count on being in jail the rest of your life because that's pretty much what they're telling my husband...unless you can get your ex to help (like I did with my ex and my husband's ex refuses to do with him) and get your ex to reduce or remove the arrears. It hurts the kids when the non custodial parent has to worry about where they're going to go, what they're going to do, because they can't be the parent they need to be to those kids....but the custodial woman can't see that, and insists on hurting him any way she can, and has even told him that she'll help him ONLY IF he furnishes divorce papers between him and me...that way he can "see what a single parent has to go through" and she can "teach him a lesson". Go figure...so just plan that the rest of your life is shot, you will never get help, and even after the kids turn 18, your ex will STILL be able to come after you for child support arrears....oh yes, and if you get remarried, expect that the ex will also go after them for child support and will more than likely get it.....

[SamWittch]

He should only serve up to 180 days. It is not considered a felony, it is considered Contempt of court. Before he goes to jail, they usually offer a probationary period. I am not a lawyer, I only speak from personal experience, and from other people I know that have been through the same thing.