Child Support

[ISIS AND TROY 5]

Hello!

I have been living in the US for 1 year and 6 months now. I came here on a CR-1 visa and brought my children under the same category of visa. So far so good, I have been working most of the time and the children are doing very good at school.

The problem is that before I left my ex said he was going to continue making the deposits of the child support. He has became irregular though, some months he won't even make a deposit. He has never contacted the children either ever since we moved. I was wondering if I can do something about it. Is there some sort of international child support that can be filed against him? If so how do I do that?

We are Brazilians and we currently live in North Dakota, US. The father (my ex) lives in Brazil. There was never an order to collect child support, I always managed to negotiate with him. The value he deposits is very low and you can't count on it, some months he doesn't deposit, some months he deposits half, and then after some months he gets back to the "normal value'. I know it is not right but I allowed him to get away with that because he was having a financial hardship. Now that it has been over 1 year I suppose he might be better. I have been trying to contact him about it but he always finds an excuse and says he can't talk because he has an emergency or a meeting and needs to leave.

Any advise will be greatly appreciated. Thank you very much in advance, Isis.

[Umka36 781]

I suggest starting here.

http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/css/international

[ISIS AND TROY 5]

Thank you! I will contact North Dakota Child Support Services on Monday. Unfortunately Brazil is not listed as a reciprocating country for this purpose but I'll give it shot!

Just wondering if there is anybody else that has heard or has experienced something like this before...

I suggest starting here.

http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/css/international