For parents who are unable to come to a child support agreement on their own, there is child support court. Typically, the custodial parent will take the non-custodial parent to court in order to have the child support money ordered to be paid by the judge. The judge will determine how much money should be paid and order the non-custodial parent to pay a regular amount, usually monthly. If the non-custodial parent fails to live up to the court-ordered child support agreement, he or she could face jail time, suspended driver's license, garnished wages, and more. The Office of Child Support Enforcement can even take away lottery winnings or prizes that the non-custodial parent receives. Custodial parents have the right to file income withholding and money can even be taken from the non-custodial parent's income tax returns. It's very important that non-custodial parents live up to the child support agreement, and if they should happen to have changes in their lives which prevent them from doing so - they can file a child support modification request. A child support attorney can explain more about what that is and how it works.