Child Support Basics is a Level 1 Foundation course designed to help fathers understand the child support system before reacting to enforcement. This course explains support orders, guideline calculations, arrears, agency enforcement, payment records, income withholding, tax intercepts, license suspension, contempt pressure, modifications, and the record questions that connect enforcement back to lawful authority.
This course does not provide legal advice and does not provide filing templates. It teaches fathers how to slow down, identify what the system claims exists, read the documents, separate confirmed facts from missing records, and prepare better questions before taking action.
Jim
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Jim is a Born Again Christian who believes in his Unalienable Rights endowed to him by his Creator. After leaving the Military in 1995, he has worked as a Technology Specialist and studied Constitutional Law in his spare time.
Jim is a due process advocate for fathers facing family-court and child-support enforcement issues, and an opponent of the Title IV-D incentive-driven enforcement that undermines transparency, notice, and lawful authority.
Module 1 — What Child Support Is and Is Not
Lesson 1 — Child Support as a Legal Claim, Not Just a Number
Lesson 1 of 5 within section Module 1 — What Child Support Is and Is Not.
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Lesson 2 — The Difference Between Support, Custody, and Parenting Time
Lesson 2 of 5 within section Module 1 — What Child Support Is and Is Not.
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Lesson 3 — Current Support, Medical Support, Childcare, and Add-ons
Lesson 3 of 5 within section Module 1 — What Child Support Is and Is Not.
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Lesson 4 — Who Is Involved: Court, Agency, Employer, Tax Authorities
Lesson 4 of 5 within section Module 1 — What Child Support Is and Is Not.
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Lesson 5 — The Record-First Mindset in Support Cases
Lesson 5 of 5 within section Module 1 — What Child Support Is and Is Not.
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Module 2 — Opening a Child Support Case
Lesson 6 — Petitions, Complaints, Applications, and Referrals
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Lesson 7 — Establishing Parentage and the First Support Request
Lesson 2 of 5 within section Module 2 — Opening a Child Support Case.
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Lesson 8 — Service, Notice, and the First Hearing
Lesson 3 of 5 within section Module 2 — Opening a Child Support Case.
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Lesson 9 — Default Orders and Orders Entered Without Participation
Lesson 4 of 5 within section Module 2 — Opening a Child Support Case.
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Lesson 10 — Interstate Cases, UIFSA, and Which State Is Acting
Lesson 5 of 5 within section Module 2 — Opening a Child Support Case.
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Module 3 — Orders, Guidelines, and Numbers
Lesson 11 — Reading a Support Order Line by Line
Lesson 1 of 5 within section Module 3 — Orders, Guidelines, and Numbers.
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Lesson 12 — Guidelines, Income, Imputation, and Deviation
Lesson 2 of 5 within section Module 3 — Orders, Guidelines, and Numbers.
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Lesson 13 — Gross Income, Net Income, and What Counts
Lesson 3 of 5 within section Module 3 — Orders, Guidelines, and Numbers.
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Lesson 14 — Worksheets, Findings, and Calculation Assumptions
Lesson 4 of 5 within section Module 3 — Orders, Guidelines, and Numbers.
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Lesson 15 — Temporary Orders, Final Orders, and Modified Orders
Lesson 5 of 5 within section Module 3 — Orders, Guidelines, and Numbers.
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Module 4 — Arrears, Interest, and Accounting
Lesson 16 — How Arrears Are Created
Lesson 1 of 4 within section Module 4 — Arrears, Interest, and Accounting.
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Lesson 17 — Payment Histories, Ledgers, and Allocation
Lesson 2 of 4 within section Module 4 — Arrears, Interest, and Accounting.
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Lesson 18 — Interest, Fees, Credits, and Adjustments
Lesson 3 of 4 within section Module 4 — Arrears, Interest, and Accounting.
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Lesson 19 — Reconciling the Court Order with the Agency Balance
Lesson 4 of 4 within section Module 4 — Arrears, Interest, and Accounting.
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Module 5 — Agencies, IV-D, and Administrative Enforcement
Lesson 20 — What a Title IV-D Agency Does
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Lesson 21 — Agency Notices, Case Numbers, and Administrative Records
Lesson 2 of 4 within section Module 5 — Agencies, IV-D, and Administrative Enforcement.
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Lesson 22 — Cooperation, Assignment, Reimbursement, and Public Assistance Claims
Lesson 3 of 4 within section Module 5 — Agencies, IV-D, and Administrative Enforcement.
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Lesson 23 — Administrative Authority vs Court Authority
Lesson 4 of 4 within section Module 5 — Agencies, IV-D, and Administrative Enforcement.
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Module 6 — Enforcement Tools and Pressure Points
Lesson 24 — Income Withholding Orders and Employer Notices
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Lesson 25 — Tax Intercepts, Bank Levies, and Liens
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Lesson 26 — License Suspension and Professional Consequences
Lesson 3 of 4 within section Module 6 — Enforcement Tools and Pressure Points.
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Lesson 27 — Contempt, Purge Conditions, and Ability to Pay
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Module 7 — Modification, Review, and Changed Circumstances
Lesson 28 — Why Support Does Not Automatically Change
Lesson 1 of 4 within section Module 7 — Modification, Review, and Changed Circumstances.
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Lesson 29 — Job Loss, Disability, Incarceration, and Income Changes
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Lesson 30 — Review and Adjustment Requests
Lesson 3 of 4 within section Module 7 — Modification, Review, and Changed Circumstances.
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Lesson 31 — Preserving the Timeline When Seeking Modification
Lesson 4 of 4 within section Module 7 — Modification, Review, and Changed Circumstances.
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Module 8 — Reading the Child Support Record
Lesson 32 — Building the Support Record Binder
Lesson 1 of 4 within section Module 8 — Reading the Child Support Record.
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Lesson 33 — The Authority Chain: Case Opening to Enforcement
Lesson 2 of 4 within section Module 8 — Reading the Child Support Record.
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Lesson 34 — Spotting Missing Service, Missing Orders, and Missing Accounting
Lesson 3 of 4 within section Module 8 — Reading the Child Support Record.
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Lesson 35 — Turning Confusion into Narrow Record Requests
Lesson 4 of 4 within section Module 8 — Reading the Child Support Record.
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Final Module — The Record-First Support Strategy
Lesson 36 — Support Strategy Without Templates
Lesson 1 of 4 within section Final Module — The Record-First Support Strategy.
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Lesson 37 — Communication: Agencies, Clerks, Employers, and Opposing Counsel
Lesson 2 of 4 within section Final Module — The Record-First Support Strategy.
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Lesson 38 — Preparing for the Next Course: Due Process Basics
Lesson 3 of 4 within section Final Module — The Record-First Support Strategy.
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Lesson 39 — Stay Informed, Stay Free, and Stay Unchained in Support Cases
Lesson 4 of 4 within section Final Module — The Record-First Support Strategy.
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