A parent has a responsibility to financially support his or her child. Parents that do not make their child support payments violate Colorado law and their financial obligations to their children.

To enforce a child support obligation, the parent that is owed the child support has many remedies, including the following:

1. Income assignment: The wages of the parent that must pay child support can be automatically assigned to recover the past due child support payments.

2. Federal Tax Offset: The tax refund of a parent can be intercepted and garnished to pay a past-due child support obligation.

3. Lien: The parent that is owed child support can put a lien on the non-paying parent’s property (for example, real estate).

4. Contempt: The parent that does not pay child support can be brought before the court and held in contempt.

5. Garnishment: bank accounts and other financial accounts of the parent that does not pay child support can be garnished.

6. Rule 69: A rule 69 proceeding is where the debtor (the parent that does not pay child support) is brought in and is questioned under oath concerning the location of his or her assets.

An attorney can assist a parent that is owed child support. A paternity test may be need to establish paternity before a child support obligation is established.  Visit www.robinsonandhenry.com or contact us at info@robinsonandhenry.com for more information.