We have the same problem around here. The judges, no less the cops know the laws. I once went to family court for support. In my defense, I offered to pay about 10 times as much as the judge ordered but my Daughters Mother said no just before court. Anyway, my lawyer told me that no matter what the judge said, it meant nothing until the appeals court looked at it. The judge actually took my VA disability into consideration. Nobody can touch that and I tried explaining it to him but he said he never heard of such a thing.
Here is the worst part. They ordered me to pay so little, I asked the judge if I could pay more when I could. He said yes and it was in the court documents. So, I paid the child support people the 10 times the amount the judge ordered like I wanted to in the beginning. But, my Daughters Mother never got anything extra. When I asked the child support why, they said the judge said I could pay more but never said what they should do with it
