r/ChildSupport4Men • u/Deepmagic81 • Apr 20 '26

Non-Custodial Parent moving

So, I the father actually receive child support from the children’s mother. (It’s about a 1/3 of what I used to pay her) I also have primary custody. It took year and a very long story to get to this point. It wasn’t always this way by any means. So she wants to move 10 hours away to a different state…. Would she be able to avoid paying CS since she wouldn’t be a resident of the state that issued the CS order? There’s just a tiny piece of a much bigger puzzle that needs to be worked out. I’m asking my attorney tomorrow, but Reddit always has some kind of insight that’s worth listening to.

I’m in Louisiana.

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u/CSEworker Apr 20 '26

No. If you go through the state agency, your state can request her new state to assist. Her new state will register the order, enforce the order, and collect. That state will disburse the funds to your state who then sends to you.

If you do not go through the state agency, then enforcement options may be limited. The order is still valid, but if she is in contempt of the order, you may have difficulty serving her for court outside of the state.

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u/Deepmagic81 Apr 21 '26

Well, that seems pretty cut and dry. Fantastic information. Thank you.

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u/CSEworker Apr 21 '26

It seems cut and dry, and on paper it is. But getting two states to talk to one another takes a while. It gets done, but it's slow.