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CARLTON HUGHES 6060 N. Central, Suite 560 |
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ENFORCEMENT OF ORDERS The court takes the failure to comply with temporary
orders or divorce decrees. We aggressively parties who have been
wronged from the other party’s failure to comply. Punishment for violations The failure to pay child support may result in
a $500 fine and/or 180 days in jail as well as attorney’s fees
and court costs. Examples of enforcement Mr. Hughes recently represented a non-custodial
parent whose access to the child was being deprived. He negotiated
a settlement that provided a way to make sure the non-custodial
parent was getting access pursuant to the decree. The court signed
the enforcement order. In another case, Mr. Hughes represented the custodial
parent against the non-custodial parent for failure to completely
pay child support. Result: the court ordered non-custodial parent
to pay the arrearage with interest and attorney’s fees or risk
being held in contempt and ordered to jail. Mr. Hughes represented a party who was divorced
in 1977 and the other parent never paid child support despite being
ordered to do so under the decree. In 2004, Mr. Hughes was hired
to file a motion to enforce against the ex-spouse for failure to
pay child support. Result: the other party paid Mr. Hughes’
client $10,000 every other month until fully paid with interest.
(note: this was oldest enforcement of child support case in the
history of Harris County, Texas). Contact this firm |
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