In order to collect back child support, known as child support arrears, you may file a court action. Your remedy is requesting for the non-paying spouse to be held in contempt of court for non-payment.
After an adjudication of contempt, a court may incarcerate the non-payor spouse or take away his/her driver’s license until the back child support is paid in full. A judge may also direct for child support to come directly to you from the paying spouse’s paycheck through his/her employer.