Hi all. I am looking for some general guidance on my child support, or lack thereof, situation.
My daughter is 9. She has not seen her "dad" since she was 6. She hasn't even spoken to him in over 2 years. He does not contact me and does not ask to see her. His loss. So when we were divorced, X did not have a job, so child support was set at minimum wage and after the calculations it ended up at $338/mo. That was in 2009. Since it went in effect he has not been current except ONE month. He is currently over $7K behind in child support. Earlier this year my case, which is IV-D, was transferred to Young and Williams from the Johnson County court trustee. Since then I feel like things have hit a brick wall. Although they did send the order to Missouri and he did get arrested for a bench warrant for missing a child support hearing last year, but even after that, nothing has happened. There hasn't been a single income withholding order put into place and they are always so vague and unhelpful when I call for updates.
Now, there is another hearing in Oct. I now live over 2 hrs away from Olathe. So I'm trying to figure out if it would be of any help for me to take the day off of work to attend. Also, does anyone know anything about automatic "cancellation" of rights after no contact for so long, if requested?
Is there anything that I can do or say to help myself and my daughter? I don't have an attorney and I certainly can't afford one. So any guidance you can give me would be much appreciated!
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