FAMILY LAW: The Bonderud Law Firm Negotiates a Substantial Reduction in Child Support Debt on Behalf of Family Law Client

Recently, The Bonderud Law Firm successfully mediated a family law case on behalf of a client who was accused of owing more than $100,000 in child support arrears. In this case, our client (the Former Husband) believed that he and his former wife had informally agreed to modify his child support obligation several years ago. However, our client never petitioned the court to formally modify the final judgment’s child support provision. Years after the informal agreement, which was disputed by the former wife, the former wife sought to have our client held in contempt and to have his driver license suspended. Our client hired us and we promptly sought to defend on the basis of equitable estoppel.

Ultimately, we successfully negotiated a resolution at mediation, and our client’s alleged debt was reduced by more than 80%. The now-agreed-upon debt will be paid by our client over more than 6 years at zero percent interest.

Family law is a principal practice area of The Bonderud Law Firm. We vigorously defend our clients’ interests in original dissolution of marriage and paternity actions, as well as all manner of post-judgment modification proceedings. For a free telephone consultation, call our office at 904-438-8082.

Andrew Bonderud