Family Law

$1,200,000 penalty levied against employer for failing to timely pay child support

By Robert M. Kisselburgh, Esq.

Hefty fine affirmed against employer for untimely child support payments

In Illinois, you can be fined $100 per days for each child support payment not made timely. And this penalty can be assessed against an employer who fails to withhold and timely pay child support out of an employee's paycheck. According to a recent article, that is exactly what happened to an Illinois employer who failed to withhold and timely pay the child support payments a father owed. The Illinois Supreme Court upheld a child support penalty of $1.2 million dollars against the employer--who just happened to be the father of the man owing the support. The amazing part of the story is that the amount of child support owed was only $12,382.00. Talk about a penalty! I imagine other Illinois employer's will be careful about timely withholding and paying child support payments.

Full post as published by Mississippi Family Law Blog on January 21, 2008 (boomark / email).