How not to pay child support

Responsibility for a child’s well-being is supposed to be divided equally between the parents. They are expected to work together to support and raise the child. Usually, however, most of the custody is awarded to one parent and the other parent must pay child support.

If you are the parent ordered to pay child support, there are a few things you need to know, the most important of which is this: Never pay cash.

CASH PAYMENTS TO EX

Never. NEVER. NEVER EVER pay cash. This seems to be the easiest way to pay child support and make it easier for them and for you, especially if you are self-employed and work in a cash business. You’ll see it as “I’m doing my job, I’m supporting my children. It’s what the court ordered and I’m doing it.” True, True, True and True.

You’re also setting yourself up to get really pounded.

Child support obligations never, ever, ever go away. Unless you can prove you’ve paid them. I will repeat that.

CHILD SUPPORT OBLIGATIONS NEVER, NEVER, NEVER STOP. UNLESS YOU CAN PROVE THAT YOU HAVE PAID THEM.

Many clients have come to me saying that they paid their support every week or month in cash to their ex, but they just received a lawsuit for 15 years of back child support. I ask them to have proof that they paid it, they say they paid it in cash. They are in deep and warm waters.

No proof equals “you didn’t pay for it.”