Child support lawyer: request, review or collect

PRACTICE AREAS

Support must cover the needs of the recipient and fit the budget of the payer. The work starts with the numbers: income, expenses and what each person can pay.

Request support

Collect arrears

Review the amount

For the payer

• Child support action

• Support during pregnancy

• Provisional support from the start

• Agreement approved by the judge

• Collection with a request for arrest

• Garnishment of salary and assets

• Protest and credit listing

• Direct payroll deduction

• Increase when needs grow

• Reduction when income drops

• End of support by court decision

• Offer of support by the payer

• Review of the amount charged

• Justification of inability to pay

• Agreement to pay arrears in installments

• Defense against wrongful arrest

When support is overdue, the review checks:

• Which decision or agreement set the support and whether it allows direct collection.

• Which installments go into the arrest request and which go to garnishment.

• Whether the payer has formal employment, to request payroll deduction.

• Whether there are old installments and whether the collection period is suspended.

• The updated amount, which you can estimate with the overdue support calculator.

To understand each point, read the article Overdue support: how to collect.

Support affects the budget and the family. The first contact is already real work.

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You estimate and tell us about the case

We review income, expenses and documents

You receive the plan and the proposal

Use the website calculator and send us on WhatsApp the payer’s income, the child’s expenses and what has already been decided.

We check proof of income, previous decisions and what the law allows you to request or contest in your case.

We present the recommended path (agreement or court), an estimate of the amount and the written fee proposal, before any engagement.

Founding attorney · Master’s candidate in Law

The firm is led by attorney Sidnei Pedro Dias, with more than ten years of practice and experience in family law. The team follows every step of the case, from first contact to the final decision.

OAB/GO 48.603 · OAB/DF 68.207 · OAB/SP 501.693

Based in Anápolis-GO with fully digital service, SPD Advocacia assists families across Brazil and abroad in child support agreements and lawsuits.

Sidnei Pedro Dias Sociedade Individual de Advocacia · registered with OAB/GO under no. 3.123

Common examples, described in general terms. Each case depends on its own facts and documents.

Overdue support

Pregnancy without support

The payer stopped paying and does not respond. The law allows collecting the last 3 installments with a request for arrest, and the rest through garnishment of salary and assets (CPC, art. 528).

A pregnant woman may request support during pregnancy. After the birth, it becomes child support until someone asks for a review (Law 11,804/2008).

The payer’s income dropped

The child turned 18

The payer lost their job or now earns less. A reduction can be requested in court (Civil Code, art. 1,699), without stopping payments in the meantime.

Support does not end automatically at 18. Ending it requires a court decision (STJ Precedent 358), and a child who is studying may keep receiving it, depending on the case.

How much is the support?

The law sets no percentage. The judge balances the needs of the recipient with the means of the payer (Civil Code, art. 1,694, § 1). For an idea, use our calculator.

Does someone without a formal job pay support?

Yes. When income is not proven, support is usually set as a percentage of the minimum wage, and signs of wealth can show the real income.

Does support apply to the 13th salary and vacation pay?

Yes, for those with formal employment or civil servants. The STJ held that the percentage applies to the 13th salary and the vacation bonus (Theme 192).

Can late support lead to arrest?

Yes, when the claim involves the last 3 installments before the action and those that fall due afterwards. Arrest lasts 1 to 3 months and does not erase the debt (CPC, art. 528).

Can grandparents be required to pay?

Only as a complement, when the parents cannot pay, in whole or in part (STJ Precedent 596).

I live in another city or abroad. How does it work?

Service is digital. Documents, meetings and signatures can be handled remotely.

Can old arrears still be collected?

Each installment expires 2 years after its due date, but the period does not run between parents and children during parental authority (Civil Code, arts. 197, II, and 206, § 2). That is why arrears owed to a minor child are usually collectable. The review confirms this in each case.

What is the “Pix pensão”?

It is the automatic transfer of support created by Law 15,479/2026, which takes effect one year after publication. Until then, arrest, garnishment and payroll deduction remain available.

Tell us on WhatsApp who pays, who receives and what has already been decided. The team replies with the initial review and a written proposal.

If you prefer, write to dias@spd.adv.br

Informational content, under the OAB rules (Provision 205/2021). Each case needs its own review, and we do not promise results. Sidnei Pedro Dias Sociedade Individual de Advocacia · OAB/GO 3.123 · CNPJ 32.614.440/0001-25