Hi,
I was just wondering if anyone knows what happens to a child support debt once the child turns 18? Does it contiue on? Go to child? Or does it disappear. It it done through the agency.
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It stays and it's owed to the parent that should have received it, as they will be the ones who had to pay for everything without help from the other parent.
It continues on through the agency. I finally got my payment when my son was 22
The debt stays until it is paid and continues to go into the receiving parents bank account when money comes in š
It continues until the person who should have received the money decides to wipe the debt and if they donāt decide to wipe the debt then it remains and accrues interest.
Just ask my dad. The man who has a very large debt on him because he decided to work cash in hand to avoid paying child support and then tried to make me tell my mum to wipe the debt and I refused and made him all pissy and shit.
If youāre the receiver do not wipe the debt because then that gets them off the hook. Let it keep accruing interest and fuck them over like they did you whilst You were raising your children.
And if youāre the payee š¤£š¤£š¤£š¤£ good luck with making someone wipe the debt when you owe them money.
Some debts I donāt think are all that easy to wipe anyway š when a payee owes money they get penalties from the child support agency so I imagine you could wipe the child support owed but you might not be able to wipe the penalties applied to what was owed (if that makes sense) and if itās an overseas debt, like NZ child support being collected in Australia, they are nasty š an old friend of mine is a kiwi and owed a shit ton in his child support for a NZ child (mum and child were still in NZ he lived in Australia) and not only did he get Australian penalties on the amount owed while living in Australia he also got penalties from inland revenue to the sum of $1500 a month! Only reason I know this is cause he wanted me to help him sort it out and showed me his statement!
For anyone thinking of wiping a debt itās solid advice from the commenter above to not wipe it!!! Also worth noting that if you did wipe it there is a chance that if you received FTB payments from Centrelink they may consider that you having āreceivedā that child support and hit you with an FTB overpayment. My ex wanted me to wipe what he owed when my daughter turned 18 and child support warned me of the above. I didnāt wipe it so donāt know if I would have got an FTB debt or not but it totally wasnāt worth the risk to me
Iām the above commenter, thereās no way Iād actively say wipe the debt. I am aware other things do occur.
My dad owes a crap ton of money to child support and my mum got very little FTB for me as a child. I know he also owes child support fees etc because he said he could afford to pay child support what he owes them if my mum wiped or absolved his debt and didnāt continue to chase him for it.
I did tell him nicely that he could go āfuck himselfā that I went without due to his arseholery and not paying child support my step dad didnāt believe Iām giving you anymore than you need even if he could afford it because my mum should have been receiving child support for me and wasnāt and apparently that was her fault .... not my dads ... who knew she could control him from afar š¤·āāļø
I was just saying that wiping a debt was possible and I didnāt say that there were not any repercussions from that decision.