What belongs on FL-142 item 21
Past-due child or spousal support from the current or another matter, including agency accounting, interest and disputed credits.
Use a description that a second reviewer can match to a statement, title record, contract or the opposing disclosure. Record the value state—known, estimated, unknown, pending or none—instead of treating every empty cell as zero.
The source record for support arrears
- Current court order and payment history
- Agency or court arrears accounting
- Wage-assignment and intercept records
- Evidence supporting claimed direct-payment credits
Completeness checks before service
- Confirm every support arrears item has an identifier and custodian or location.
- Tie every amount to an as-of date and retain the source.
- List disputed and unvalued items visibly rather than excluding them.
- Recompute the form totals from the underlying rows and check for duplication.
What moves forward
The ledger entry must preserve its form item, date, value, debt, asserted character and evidence status. That same identity carries into characterization, valuation, negotiation and any final transfer. Distinguish principal, statutory interest, fees and disputed credits as of a stated date. Do not substitute an informal running total for the official accounting where one exists.
Questions about this topic
What is the biggest disclose mistake for support arrears?
Omitting or combining the item so it cannot be matched to its source.
Can the workspace decide this disclose issue automatically?
It can preserve facts, run arithmetic and expose assumptions. Disputed legal conclusions, professional valuations and third-party transfer decisions still require the appropriate human or institution.
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