Courts are closed, with more emergent proceedings taking place through conference calls and video chats with a judge, and so going to a lawyer won't expedite the process.
Alexandra Rigden, with the Cooper Levenson law firm in Cherry Hill, said working it out between each other may be a couple's best option.
"If the parent who is owed the money is not getting it," she advised, "instead of lashing out and sending a nasty email or text, that person should just contact the other parent and say, 'What could we do in this situation, even if it just a temporary Band-Aid situation?'"
She said that even working out a payment plan is preferable to going to court, as proceedings are backed up, making the process costly. "You are literally chasing good money after bad," she said.
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Rigden said going to court is the last thing that should be done in this situation.
And when it comes to working through visitation rights and being responsible in quarantine, she said both sides should really try to do whatever is best for the child.
"If there was a time to work together," she recommended, "it's now."