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I have been divorced from my husband for over 20 years now, I have sole and legal custody of our son, my son is now 28 years old and is handicapp. My question is he owes me and the state of mass over 30,000 dollars and has been paying into it for the past 3 years now, my question is he lives in California and has a business of his own do I have any legal recourse in trying to get my past due child support with a lien on his business and if so how do I go about doing this
Optional Information: State/Country relating to question: Massachusetts
Thank you for the opportunity to answer your question and thank you for requesting me. I am sending this answer to you only a few minutes after you submitted your question.The easiest way to enforce a child support order is to seek the assistance of the Massachusetts Department of Revenue's Child Support Enforcement Division. The Department can assist with contempt proceedings and with the collection process. Through contempt, a nonpaying parent can be sanctioned, potentially including jail time, to compel the parent to comply with the court's orders. Further, judgment liens, a bank levy, or wage garnishment can be useful in recovering unpaid funds. Now, that said, if there are not considerable assets, it may take time to recover money through garnishment. However, if there are significant assets in a bank account, a bank levy can be helpful. Alternatively, if there are significant assets, a judgment lien can issue and that can ultimately be used to force a parent to sell assets so to compensate the other parent for unpaid child support.
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