Attorney O's Midnight Musings: Connecticut Law » Incarceration http://ireneolszewski.com/ctlawblog Law Offices of Irene C. Olszewski, LLC Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:17:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Does Child Support Automatically Terminate if the Payor is Incarcerated? http://ireneolszewski.com/ctlawblog/2010/02/20/does-child-support-automatically-terminate-if-the-payor-is-incarcerated/ http://ireneolszewski.com/ctlawblog/2010/02/20/does-child-support-automatically-terminate-if-the-payor-is-incarcerated/#comments Sat, 20 Feb 2010 04:34:16 +0000 Irene C. Olszewski, Esq. http://ireneolszewski.com/ctlawblog/?p=727 Jail CellI receive calls every week from people who want information about child support issues. One such questions is, “If the person who must PAY child support is incarcerated, does the child support order automatically terminate?” No, it does not. In order to terminate (or lower) an existing child support order, the inmate must file a Motion for Modification with the court. The magistrate or judge hearing the motion will consider the inmate’s present income and any substantial assets owned by the inmate when determining the modified support order.

If the inmate was incarcerated for a crime against either the child or the custodial parent, however, the court will NOT reduce the existing child support order.

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