Learn about your options if you owe a lot of back child support (called "arrears"), or what you can do if your child's other parent owes back child support and asks the court for a payment plan and/or discharge of arrears.
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If you owe back child support (“arrears”), you may qualify for a payment plan and/or to have some of the debt discharged (forgiven).
If your child’s other parent owes back child support (“arrears”), he or she may qualify to have some of the debt discharged (forgiven). Read this article if your child’s other parent has asked for a payment plan and/or discharge and you want to know your rights.
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Use this tool to draft forms to ask the court for a payment plan for the back child support that you owe. You can also use these forms to ask the court to discharge or forgive any remaining child support you owe after you complete the payment plan.
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