FAQs - Details

Question

How long does it take to get child support?

Answer

  • The answer to that question depends on a large number of factors, many of which our office has no control over, so we will provide just some very general answers here.
  • If a child support order has already been issued by a court in Morgan County, and you know where the other parent works, we should be able to get child support withheld from the other parent’s paycheck and sent to you.
  • If a court hearing has to be requested by our office for whatever reason, the hearings are based on the court schedule not our office.
  • There are lots of reasons why the process can take much longer, including: the non-custodial parent’s whereabouts are unknown; the non-custodial parent resides in another state, is in the military, or is incarcerated; the non-custodial parent avoids service of summons or fails to appear at the court hearing; the non-custodial parent is unemployed, disabled, or works for cash under the table.