What if child support is not paid?

If child support is not paid by the debtor parent, you can use the following amicable solutions:

• Make a mail to ask the debtor parent to pay
• Use the family mediation.

You can recover child support payments due up to 5 years back at most.

To consider a forced recovery, you must have a court decision or of a parental agreement approved, or divorce agreement by mutual consent.

If child support is not paid or partially paid by the debtor parent, you can initiate one of the following procedures:

• Entering theAripa: titleContent to benefit from financial intermediation
• Call on a commissioner of justice who can set up a "direct payment" procedure, a ₪ or a garnishment-sale
• Ask a commissioner of justice to have a garnishment on salary
• Request the recovery of maintenance by the State Treasury by proving failure of any of the preceding recovery procedures. The creditor parent must send a request to the public prosecutor of the court of his domicile.

If the parent liable for the maintenance does not pay the maintenance in full during the more than 2 months, you can lodge a complaint for abandonment of family.

Ec offense shall be punished by 2 years' imprisonment and €15,000 of a fine.

You can also file a complaint if the parent who is liable for child support fraudulently organizes or aggravates its insolvency. This offense is punishable by a sentence of 3 years in prison and €45,000 of a fine.