New Program in Illinois to Help Parents Who Owe Past-Due Child Support

 Posted on November 20, 2013 in Family Law

There is a Project Clean Slate program offered by the State of Illinois if you are eligible, to erase past-due child support.

If you owe past due child support to the State of Illinois, Project Clean Slate may help you. Project Clean Slate is a program from the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services that helps non-custodial parents reduce the amount they owe to the State while at the same time encouraging them to make their current support payments to their family.

Project Clean Slate may allow you to be forgiven past due child support payments and interest owed to the State of Illinois but will not forgive payments due to the other parent. Likewise, Project Clean Slate will not stop or reduce the child support payments that you have to make in the future.

If you want to learn more about how you can reduce or stop future child support payments. To qualify for Project Clean Slate you must have been unemployed, or in prison, or have had a serious illness which stopped you from making your child support payments.

You will also need to make your regular ordered child support payments for 6 months. Once you make your support payments, the debt owed to the State will be permanently removed.

To get more information about Project Clean Slate or to request an application call (312) 793-8222. If you are in need of legal counseling regarding your Illinois child support payments, contact an experienced Hinsdale family law lawyer for assistance.

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