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If the custodial parent needs the child support arrears to properly provide for the child, the court is unlikely to approve your petition for a reduction or waiver. That said, while it's challenging to reduce or eliminate child support arrears, it's not impossible.
Think in advance about how much you would like to offer to settle the past due amount. Stop by a local DCSS office or contact the DCSS Customer Service Center at 602-252-4045 or 1-800-882-4151, or email the DCSS Settlement Team at dcsssettlement@azdes to submit your settlement offer.
There are a number of ways that the DCSE can enforce a child support order and collect current and past due child support, such as: income withholding of wages, new hire reporting, liens against real and personal property, unemployment insurance benefits, workers' compensation, suspension of driver's license, ...
To enforce a child support order, you will need to start by filing a petition for contempt and/or enforcement in the court that issued the order. When you file the petition for contempt/enforcement, under ARS 25-320 the court will issue an order to appear and schedule a contempt hearing.
8 Ways How to Get Your Child Support Arrears Waived Communicate with Your Co-Parent. Create a New Written Agreement. File the New Agreement with the court. See What the Court Decides. Tweak the Agreement and Re-file. Enter Waiver Negotiations with the State. Inform Your Co-Parent. Follow the Court's Conditions.
The good news is yes, child support arrears can potentially be forgiven. You would need to have a joint petition filed along with the other parent though, showing that you are both in mutual agreement and jointly requesting that the arrears be waived or forgiven.
Noncustodial parents may apply to the New York City Office of Child Support Services for a reduction or cancellation of arrears assigned to the New York City Department of Social Services through the Child Support Arrears Credit Program.
You can contact the Attorney General's office to ask that the adverse reporting be removed. If there are arrears showing in your credit, you might ask the other parent to release the arrears so that the OAG's records show that you are current in your payments.
With the approval of the court, the parties have the right to compromise and settle child support arrears owed directly to the person owed support (family-owed arrears). State-owed debt cannot be forgiven.