Do I still owe for child support if the child is not living with the petitioning parent?
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I suggest calling the clerk of courts to inquire about the abbreviations. Child support is typically money paid by the non-custodial parent to the custodial parent in order to meet the needs of the child(ren).
It is usually not possible to collect from funds in an inmate trust account. Some jurisdictions are now working to abate support during a payer's period of incarceration. This merely means that support is not charged during that period (or is charged at a minimal amount) due to the inability to pay. But if there are other known sources of income from which support can be paid when the person is incarcerated, support charges normally continue and attempts are made to collect from those other sources (such as investments, accident settlements, etc.). Support is not retroactively modified (i.e. when a person gets out of prison, he or she is still responsible for support that accrued prior to incarceration).
