My wife and I are divorced and we have a son. She has custody and I pay child support. Its been like this for a few years. We have a very good relationship and I see my son as often as I want. He stays with me when not in school and on many weekends. My ex wife is doing very well and doesn't even need the money she gets from child support. I however have gone through a long layoff. I got a nice severence package and I opted to have them continue take out the 20% for child support still. During my layoff, my ex has given me back most of the money as she knows I'm going through a tough time. Even 20% was taken out of my unemployment checks. However that ended and I just been getting some contract work here and there. Some pays good and some pays not so good. I get by. I have offered to pay my ex some money for CS - but she says just to keep it as she is doing just fine. Thats good for me, because I can afford to pay my utility bills, rent, car, etc. However, the attorney general has sent notices that im late on child support payments (since nothing is getting automatically taken out). Its been adding up over the last few months. Now my checking account has a lean on it and they took all my money out. Now I know I'll get it all or most of it back from my ex and I'll just have to deal with this inconvenience. So here's my questions. 1. Is there a way to just get rid of having to pay child support payments? I heard that its not easy or there is no way. My ex is cool with it, since we have been making sure each other is doing ok and that my son is happy.
2. Should we just continue with what we got, or is there a way to report that she has been getting paid (by cash from me - even though she really isnt) so that they don't put a lean on my checking account?
I'm just looking for options that don't require me to have spend a lot of money or cause inconveniences like 'leans on accounts.' My ex said she would say she is caught up or has been getting money from me, but we're not sure who to talk to and to not cost us money.
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