Under certain circumstances a grandparent can open a child support collection case to establish and obtain unpaid court ordered child support.

If a grandparent has been appointed the legal guardian of his/her grandchild and the grandparent needs help enforcing & collecting unpaid  child support that was ordered by the courts, we can help the  grandparent collect & enforce unpaid  child support.

In many situations grandparent who is receiving government benefits such as TANF or Medicaid, may be asked to cooperate with the Attorney General’s office  to establish a child support order with the biological parents of the child.

If the grandparent can provide proof that the child has been living with and under the supervision of the grandparent, then the grandparent should contact a child support attorney immediately..

A separate child support case will be opened with each noncustodial parent (mother and father), even if one or both parents live in the same household.

Excelling in creative solutions, our lawyers do whatever it takes to advocate for our clients. Our attorneys routinely take cases to court with children in their 20s, 30s, 40s and even 50s and have received and collected judgments for unpaid support and interest as high as $620,000. We can help you, too. Free Case Review

Call our law firm today toll-free at (866) 993-CHILD or at (210) 732-6000.

Law Offices of Sinkin & Marvel - 866-933-CHILD(2445) | 210-732-6000
105 W. Woodlawn Ave. San Antonio, TX 78212

Nationwide child support enforcement benefits both the state and federal goverment.  Based on reasearch that attribute public assistance cost savings to the work of Nationwide child support enforcement lawyers like Steven Sinkin & Karen Marvel.  The benefits include reductions in the cost of cash assistance, food stamps and medicaid.  In addition it appears that receipt of child support income makes it possible for many families to avoid public assistance in the first place.

A nationwide child support collection lawyer continues to have a significant impact, not only on the state/federal budgets but on single parent family homes.  For example, in the state of Iowa,  a study found that the cost avoidance for families currently receiving public assistance was 86 cents for every dollar collected.  For families who formerly received cash assistance, the savings was 46 cents for every dollar collected.

It is estimated that if all custodial families had child support orders and those orders were enforced by a child support enforcement lawyer that cash assistance cost for those families would drop by 26 percent, food stamps would be reduced by 19 percent and medicaid would reduce by 5 percent.

Excelling in creative solutions, our lawyers do whatever it takes to advocate for our clients. Our attorneys routinely take cases to court with children in their 20s, 30s, 40s and even 50s and have received and collected judgments for unpaid support and interest as high as $620,000. We can help you, too. Free Case Review

Law Offices of Sinkin & Marvel - 866-933-CHILD(2445) | 210-732-6000
105 W. Woodlawn Ave. San Antonio, TX 78212

Sec. 233.015.  ISSUANCE OF CHILD SUPPORT REVIEW ORDER OR FINDING THAT NO ORDER SHOULD BE ISSUED;  EFFECT.  (a)  If a negotiation conference does not result in agreement by all parties to the child support review order, the Title IV-D agency shall render a final decision in the form of a child support review order or a determination that the agency should not issue a child support review order not later than the fifth day after the date of the negotiation conference.

(b)  If the Title IV-D agency determines that the agency should not issue a child support order, the agency shall immediately provide each party with notice of the determination by personal delivery or by first class mail.

(c)  A determination that a child support order should not be issued must include a statement of the reasons that an order is not being issued and a statement that the agency’s determination does not affect the right of the Title IV-D agency or a party to request any other remedy provided by law.

Law Offices of Sinkin & Marvel - 866-933-CHILD(2445) | 210-732-6000
105 W. Woodlawn Ave. San Antonio, TX 78212

Sec. 233.013.  DETERMINING SUPPORT AMOUNT;  MODIFICATION.  (a)  The Title IV-D agency may use any information obtained by the agency from the parties or any other source and shall apply the child support guidelines provided by this code to determine the appropriate amount of child support.

(b)  If it has been three years since a child support order was rendered or last modified and the amount of the child support award under the order differs by either 20 percent or $100 from the amount that would be awarded under the child support guidelines, the Title IV-D agency shall file an appropriate child support review order, including an order that has the effect of modifying an existing court or administrative order for child support without the necessity of filing a motion to modify.

Law Offices of Sinkin & Marvel - 866-933-CHILD(2445) | 210-732-6000
105 W. Woodlawn Ave. San Antonio, TX 78212

Taylor v. Speck, 308 S.W.3d 81 (Tex. App. – San Antonio 2010, no pet.)

In this child support enforcement case, the noncustodial parent argued on appeal that the custodial parent waited too long to bring her child support collection case and that the unpaid child support was barred by dormancy. The San Antonio Court of Appeals held that the recent amendment to the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies specifically removed unpaid child support from the judgments that are subject to dormancy. The Court upheld the trial court’s judgment of $237,248.96 in back child support and interest. The Court also ruled that provisional attorney’s fees may be awarded in the event the noncustodial parent files for bankruptcy. This case is the first case awarding a child support obligee provisional attorney’s fees in the event the noncustodial parent files bankruptcy and the custodial parent must pursue the child support in the bankruptcy court. Note these attorney’s fees are not owed by the obligor unless the obligor files bankruptcy and the obligee has to go to bankruptcy court to protect the child support.

Law Offices of Sinkin & Marvel - 866-933-CHILD(2445) | 210-732-6000
105 W. Woodlawn Ave. San Antonio, TX 78212