I want to know if anyone knows anything about bank levy. child support enforcement found a account with my son father name on it. He owes me over $16,000.

What are you trying to find out? They might be able to answer your question best, being they are the ones that would place a lien/levy on any monies.
Here in Cali, they have been known to seize bank accounts. My brother was in arrears about $1000 and had about $300 in the bank and they seized it. Left him borrowing money to pay his rent that month.
Guess it would depend on how much is in that account, considering the amount he owes.

not sure what you are looking for specifically, but...


http://www.njchildsupport.org/Article.asp?AID=127

chunk of the article reads as follows...

Seizure of assets
If the non-custodial parent has money in the bank, or owns stocks and bonds, the child support office may be able to take those assets to pay the support.

Each financial institution doing business in the state will provide information on all non-custodial parents who maintain an account there and who owe child support that equals or exceeds the amount of support payable for three months and for which no regular payments are being made.

This information can be obtained in two ways. Either the financial institution provides a list that the Child Support Program matches against its database, or the Child Support Program provides the institution with a list of child support debtors that is matched against the institution's records.

If there is a match, the Child Support Program can freeze the account and attach the account with a lien or levy. The funds can be surrendered to the child support agency and applied to monies owed.

the below link states it offers free consultation (beware, i know few lawyers/law offices that do not have fangs)

http://www.childsupportlawfirms.com/regional.cfm/state/nj/new-jersey.html

see... i wish i could leave it alone and NOT comment, but... what the heck- its good to vent sometimes

i have never gone after my ex for child support, she is supposed to pay like $38/month and rarely paid in the past. recently (after she moved to another state) the child support agency started taking notice of her. they apparently took her license away until she paid back support.

i really don't care about the money, i do not feel that child support agencies treat men/women the same way (sorry this may spike an argument). i do feel that times are a chang'n and that single parents regardless of gender are starting to get a fair shake - just slow progress.

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Originally posted by TinWalrus:

i really don't care about the money, i do not feel that child support agencies treat men/women the same way (sorry this may spike an argument).

1 Tou may not care about the money, and even not need them, still I think deadbeat parents should be hunted down and brought to justice for the princip.

2 Child support agencies do a lousy job in this country.
Govermnt spend more effort on collecting a traffic ticket than childsupport.
This leaves many single parents in powerty that could been avoided

i agree that they should pay, and the major reason i do not care about the money is that she never really has been financially responsible and nothing much has been done about it.

during the divorce (15 years ago) she quit her job, when the court system assessed her income that is how the base was decided. i brought this matter up and was pretty much accused of wanting custody of my child because i did not want to pay child support...

i can go into the long story, but essentially the court employees were never helpful. i hate to stereotype but, all but a few were angry women.

i was shocked at the treatment i received and eventually settled into the realization of that practice being the standard... looking back, i wish i had recorded some of the conversations with the 'family services hen club'.

the only times my ex has been called on the rug has been by automation (computers catching the problem)

there was a time in my life where i had very little, and that money would have gone a long way to helping my son and i. i was working 3 jobs (one salary was purely to keep my son in day care while i worked). those were the times i kept pressuring the court and received no assistance.

it seems to me that there needs to be a series of checks and balances that continuously track wages of non-custodial parents. i have a friend now who has gone through a divorce and has custody of his girls most of the time, i would estimage around 65% of the time they are with him, yet he pays an enormous amount of cash to his money grubbing ex wife who has a very good job and does not deserve the support. i say deserve, not need - because since leaving my friend, she has racked up considerable debt on her own. needless debt for her own selfish gain mostly.

crazy stuff...