Once a Court Order goes into effect requiring a parent to pay child support, that obligation continues until it is terminated or modified.
If a parent stops paying child support after the Court Order, they will begin to accumulate arrearages. “Arrearages” are past-due amounts of child support which have accrued due to non-payment. For example, if one parent has a Court-ordered child support obligation of $600 per month and they do not pay child support for 5 months, that parent would accrue $3,000 in arrearages.