Child Support Help

Posted on Tuesday, March 17, 2009

He is still waiting for the Governor to sign it, but Senator Russ Olson was successful this year in his effort to find a way to enforce child-support orders involving self-employed non-custodial parents.

Under Olson's bill if a non-custodial parent is late making an ordered payment; ten days or more or pays less than 90% of what is ordered 3 times in a 12-month period, a judge can impose an additional fee of 10% of what is ordered or $50.00, whichever is more.

Olson says he thinks the new law will help a lot of South Dakotans.

Normally if necessary a non-custodial parent who is under a court order to pay child support and doesn't, can have wages garnished to get the payments made.

The problem Olson says is that isn't done in the case of self-employed non-custodial parents.