Be prepared to meet these complaints with information about how much more expensive it is to care for children since the original child support order was entered. For example, point out the increased cost of food, clothing, housing, school activities, insurance, entertainment and the numerous other things you must directly provide for your children. If the payor still complains, ask if he or she would like to work at a job that held no prospect of ever paying more wages than when the payor started. This is, in essence, what happens if a child support order is never modified to reflect an increased cost of living. Fraudulent orders Stale child support orders are not the only orders that need to be modified.
Some orders are inaccurate from the very day they are entered.
For lack of a better word, let's call these orders fraudulent, even though there is usually nothing criminal about them. A fraudulent order typically comes into existence when the payor provides false or incomplete information at the time the initial child support order is calculated. For example, the payor might have submitted records to the court regarding his or her business accounts that failed to show the true amount of income he or she has received. Another trick is for payors who are employed by friends to ask their friends to create false income-related documents. If you are reading this section while your divorce or paternity action is pending, you still have time to take steps to avoid being subject to a fraudulent order.