San Antonio Child Support Collection Lawyer

No other firm in Texas has the background, experience, degree of skill and focus on child support collection and enforcement that the Law Offices of Sinkin & Marvel has. Our firm's expertise and in-depth knowledge in this area are unparalleled. Our attorneys have published many articles and lectured extensively about child support collection and enforcement. Our peers recognize us as authorities in this area of law.

Our firm helps clients collect past-due child support at a higher rate of return than the state Attorney General's Office (which does not usually collect the full amount of interest). Interest can increase back support owed by as much as eight times the original amount. Our lawyers maximize return for our clients. See our Case Results Chart showing the monthly child support obligation and the amount collected. You will be surprised.

Collection Capabilities

Unique to the area of child support collection is the ability of Sinkin & Marvel to tap into most any resource to collect the past due support. We can collect from:

• wage garnishment
• property liens
• bank account liens and levies
• 401k and any other retirement plans
• Social Security
• escrow accounts on homestead mortgages
• License suspension- professional, drivers, hunting, fishing etc.
• writs of execution on non exempt real estate and personal property
• any financial resource we can find

With modern technology at our fingertips, we take innovative approaches to discovering assets and bank accounts. Child support is not a dischargeable debt through bankruptcy.

Our History Helps You

On Dec. 2, 1996, a landmark case forever changed the legal landscape of child support collection and enforcement in Texas. Attorney Steven Sinkin and his co-counsel filed a class-action lawsuit for two women on behalf of all Texas parents in an effort to seek interest owed on child support arrears. State District Judge John Gabriel Jr. ruled that custodial parents who were owed back child support would be certified as a class in the case and may seek interest on overdue support. This ruling extended to all Texas custodial parents who were owed child support.

Texas Child Support Laws

Interest has always been owed on past due child support as a matter of right. In 1991 the Texas Legislature added a specific provision on child support interest to the Texas Family Code. However, despite the laws, in 1996, the General Attorney’s Office reported that interest had not been assessed in most private or state enforcement cases for back child support. The trend in Texas court orders had been to not include interest on unpaid child support. The case brought before Judge Gabriel highlighted collection difficulties and influenced child support collection in the following ways:

• Past due support and interest became collectible
• Interest accrues back to the date of delinquence
• Interest was enforced at 10 percent from 1983 to 1993 and 12 percent form 1993 to 2002

Steven Sinkin played an instrumental role, and the Law Offices of Sinkin & Marvel remains at the forefront of bringing about legal changes for child support collection.

Who Are Our Clients?

Many of our clients collecting past-due child support are women in their 40s or 50s who were single parents who spent years struggling while working to cover expenses for their children. Our firm helps these single parents regain respect and empowers them to recover what is rightfully theirs through the legal system. Our office also represents men who are custodial parents that are owed child support.

Our clients are also children who were denied child support and are now 20, 30, 40 or even 50 years old.

While we cannot guarantee the amount we will collect for you, our collection amounts have received as much as $620,000 and frequently are up to $200,000. Case Results Chart.

Contingency-Based Fees

Our law firm accepts child support collection and enforcement cases on a contingency-fee.

Call toll-free (866) 993-CHILD (210) 732-6000 or to learn how we can help you.