Can a lien be placed against the settlement of a lawsuit for child support arrearage?
Question Details:My ex-wife was allowed to not pay monthly support while she was in school(2004-May 2009) but she was accruing an arrearage. The total is around $45,000. She recently settled a employment lawsuit and received a settlement but her case has a non-disclosure so we dont know any of the terms. A garnishment is a shot in the dark and I am taking that shot, but a lien would be in place far longer than a garnishment. But can a lien be placed against the settlement, and can our civil judge who wasn't party to her lawsuit open the settlement to see what the settlement amount was?
If you have something objective that you can use, to show that this settlement took place, you should file an application for enforcement of your arrearages, and make that settlement the centerpiece of it. A lawyer can help you take what you do know, and can prove, to make sure the judge takes this seriously.
Your ex-wife will have to respond, and you (through your lawyer) will be looking for discovery of her assets. She can be made to disclose her bank accounts and the like, and the balances, without violating any non-disclosure order as far as the source of the money.
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