In addition, a default order granting your request for enforcement can be entered by the court. As of 1990, State law requires that child support be paid through income withholding of any new or modified child support order. However, the obligor is always responsible for making sure the money gets paid even when payments are not withheld. If the income withholding payments don't cover the full amount of the order, the obligor is responsible for sending the difference to Probation. Unemployment is considered a temporary change and the obligor is still required to make payments.
New Jersey considers unemployment income to be available for supporting children.
Before the court date, support was paid in full. Yes, there will be a hearing unless it is canceled in advance. Generally, despite the pre-court payment, there may still be issues which need to be addressed such as making sure that regular payments are made in the future and health care insurance is provided. My child is over eighteen years old. In New Jersey, the child support order continues in effect until the court determines that the child is emancipated.