What services are you getting from the state of calif (specifically harbor regional) for your autistic child?

Changes with current child support order (moving to another state)?

• Currently there is a court order established in Washington state, were both a child and her mother and father were all living which, requires the father to pay a monthly amount of child support as well as provide medical insurance. The mother of the child relocated to Idaho state and applied for state assistance. A notice was sent to the father in the mail from WA stating that 60 days from the date on the letter, DCS will stop providing full support enforcement services for our case because "there is no longer a current child support order for your case and past due support totals are less than $500 or is untraceable under WA State Law. The father spoke to a person at the number on the letter and was advised that the order for medical support ONLY has been closed by WA state. Then a phone call received by the father from Idaho asking to confirm if child support is currently being provided for the child. Then the father received call from WA State DSHS asking him to confirm the amount paid each month to the child’s mother for child support. The father is concerned as to what is going on and how this will effect him but no one can tell him anything? What changes will be made? I assume Idaho would like proof that he is paying support before they will grant state assistance. Also, because WA currently holds the court order and because the father is still currently residing in WA state, wouldn’t the court order still stand in WA and that information would be provided to Idaho? Is there any actions the father should take now? To complicate matters, the father just became aware of the daughter moving to Idaho. Apparently, the daughters mother has relocated 5 times since the February of this year and not once was he notified in writing like the plan requires. The father was contacted by the school regarding his daughter’s tardiness and absences since she has a total of 19 so far this year. Also note, last year she had a total of 32 absences/tardy. Is there anything he should do? Could he be held accountable for knowing this information and not doing anything about it? Shouldn’t the school also take the initiative to report this or is this not considered contributing to the delinquency of a minor? Should the father file a motion to have WA state reevaluate the court order to see if custody changes can be made so he is accountable for getting his daughter to school on time. Or does all the phone calls and letters sound like Idaho is on there way to create a new order in Idaho state? On average the daughter stays with her father 44% days in a year although the parenting plan only allows every other weekend. I feel with record of that and the fact that the mother cannot get the daughter to school on time, he has a pretty good case. Does anyone know what the father should do?

• Answer:

  The father need to seek the advise of a lawyer who would be able to give him full legal advise in what he should be doing.