How does child support work when father is deployed to iraq?

Amanda: How does child support work when father is deployed to iraq?
My son’s father is being deployed to Iraq in May, but leaves in March for his training. Child support is already court ordered, but I know that there will be a huge increase in his pay once he leaves. What should I do about getting child support increased? Should I contact his national guard unit or child support enforcement now or should I wait? If I wait until he has gone, how do I show his income?
He is ordered to pay, but has just started to pay because he will most likely to have to serve 30 days before he leaves. His court date is on the 18th for that. He is over 3000 behind already.
He is in the national guard so when we processed the orders he was working a minimum wage job. His pay will increase.

Answers and Views:

Answer by Tapestry6
Contact the unit commander, his support should be coming to your child in the form of an allotment check each month.
Whether it can be increased temporarily while overseas I don’t know. Unless the court order adjusts when he gets an increase of pay, but since this is temporary it may not happen.

Answer by onlyme78729
Have you talked to him about the increase, since he knows his pay will increase he might give the courts what they need instead of you having to go thru his unit.

If he isn’t cooperating then yea, go thru his unit, and usually when it’s court ordered that amount comes out of his check, he will have no choice in the matter.

Answer by Gottcha go
well if he’s already paying and he’s about to get a whole lot more i really don’t think you can get any back then what he’s already sending.You might need a lawyer then to ask any one on here they would find out faster what you can do, i bet if you do that they can get you more back even after he leaves to Iraq.

Answer by Feythe
There is NOT a huge increase in pay when he’s deployed. He gets hazardous duty pay which is at most maybe $ 200 a month extra, and I think he probably deserves that for getting shot at and putting his life in constant danger.

The child support should be set up as an allotment that comes directly out of his pay and goes directly in to your account. You will still get it while he’s deployed.

If you want more money, you need to contact your attorney.

You are so selfish I cannot believe it.

Answer by Blessed21
the increase in pay we get over there is not our real salary so they never go by that. although since he will be getting regular active duty pay u should hit him up for that. and the army CAN enforce the child support order. your child is entitled to all of the servicemember’s BAH. when my husband was deployed i didn’t get a dime and his unit told me they can’t enforce it with no court order! i too am in army and know that’s not true.

Answer by Mom2Be
Nothing u can do if hes deployed theres a act against that. No his pay wont increase the state cant not touch his tax free money sorry only his basic pay if u want more money get a second job and stop trying to life off you baby child support.