If you don't pay, you're defying a court order, which is in fact a crime. It's also civilly actionable as contempt of court.

And if you incur a high enough debt, then it can also potentially constitute a felony of felony failure to pay child support.

So what happens to you if you don't pay? Well, the first thing that's probably going to happen to you is, if you have a DHS case open, DHS will begin to take collection action against you.

One of the things they like to do is they'll reduce arrearages to a judgment and do what's called a personal lien against you, which basically means they're going to file that judgment with the county clerk in the county where you live.

And that judgment then becomes a lien against all your property. Do you want to sell your house? You got to pay your child support first. Do you want to sell any other personal property?

That lien can attach and you may have to pay your child support out of the proceeds. They can take your tax return if you owe child support. If you get any other money like that, they can take it. You get a judgment in civil court, they can put a lien against that. They can garnish your wages.

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