Child Support Enforcement

This article addresses some key enforcement tools in collecting child support or spousal support (maintenance). Mandatory Interest on Each Missed Payment. We explain Illinois law involving statutory interest on missed child support payments and on maintenance arrearages. Lien … [Read more...] about Child Support Enforcement: Statutory Interest, Liens and Enforcement after Age 18

Suspension of driver's privileges is an underused vehicle to try to obtain compliance with an arrearage in child support. This is due, in part, to the fact that the law is new and most lawyers are not familiar with it. The second reason is that most lawyers handling family law cases focus only on … [Read more...] about Child Support Enforcement in Illinois – Suspension of Driver’s License Privileges

In 2007, Illinois enacted the most comprehensive package of legislation effecting child support enforcement since the introduction of mandatory child support withholdings through the State Disbursement Unit. This package of legislation was backed by the child support enforcement community such as … [Read more...] about Enforcement of Support – Car Boots