{"id":3042,"date":"2017-11-27T09:58:45","date_gmt":"2017-11-27T16:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jacksonwhitelaw.com\/arizona-family-law\/?page_id=3042"},"modified":"2022-12-05T11:10:16","modified_gmt":"2022-12-05T18:10:16","slug":"find-out-if-someone-paying-child-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jacksonwhitelaw.com\/arizona-family-law\/blog\/find-out-if-someone-paying-child-support\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Find Out if Someone is Paying Child Support in Arizona"},"content":{"rendered":"
In Arizona, there are many parents who have an obligation to pay court-ordered child support. In 2014, Arizona had the highest divorce rate in the United States at 67%, whereas the national average is between 40% and 50%.\u00a0 This fact suggests that many parents are paying child support since child support comes into play in the dissolution of most marriages and support payments are mandated by law.<\/p>\n
The simple answer is that every parent in Arizona is required by law to pay support for their children. So, it is logical that if parents have been divorced, you can assume that the noncustodial parent is paying support to the custodial parent.<\/p>\n
There may be some cases in which this may not be true due to personal circumstances, but those cases would involve wealthy individuals who may not require funds to raise the child. There could be cases in which the paternity of the child has not been established and therefore no child support is needed. But for the majority of cases, it is prudent to assume that the noncustodial parent is very likely required to be paying child support.<\/p>\n
Now that the courts are awarding close to equal parenting time, the amount of child support is more dependent on the parent’s income than where the child lives. In the majority of cases, since the father usually earns more than the mother, it is the father pays the child support.<\/p>\n
Perhaps your question is more pragmatic. It might be \u201cHow to find out if someone is actually paying child support?\u201d\u00a0 You may want to determine if the individual parent is up to date with the required support payments. How you ascertain depends on who you are and your individual needs.<\/p>\n
The payment of support is not directly from one parent to another. There is an agency that receives the support payment, makes a record of the amount, and then issues a check to the custodial parent. Eventually, many support payments are made through a wage assignment.<\/p>\n
The employer of the noncustodial parent receives a wage assignment order from the court instructing the employer to deduct the support payment from the employee’s wages and send that amount to the Support Payment Clearinghouse<\/a>. The amount of child support can be up to 50% of the salary.<\/p>\n