What do you do when you if you do not receive your child support? Use civil contempt as a remedy to enforce payment of child support. It requires proof that the defaulting parent has the ability to pay all or part of the support obligation and is simply not paying. Another remedy is indirect criminal contempt. This means that you are trying to put the non-payor in jail. Start with a verified motion for order to show cause and state the facts of non-payment. Once the order is issued the sheriff serves the order upon the non-payor, and an arraignment and trial are scheduled.