Can I Skip Child Support Obligations By Declaring Bankruptcy?
Individuals who declare bankruptcy may hold the belief that all of their debts will be wiped away. Unfortunately, this is not always the case. One debt that many bankrupted individuals are left with is child support in arrears.
Child support in arrears means past due payments. In other words, the individual has failed to keep current on support payments to his or her child's custodial parent. When individuals fail to pay these obligations, they are not merely forgotten; a balance accumulates.