Illinois child support

I've been divorced for all of a month. In Illinois, all child support payments are required to go through the state disbursement unit. I'm supposed to be getting checks weekly, and haven't gotten one since April 5th. The ex says he's sending them (he has to mail them til they start taking it out of his paycheck) but for some reason the SDU says they haven't gotten one for two weeks. I'm getting behind on bills, and am now out of money until my next paycheck, which won't be for another week and a half. They got the first two checks right, so why have they lost the next two? What a pain in the butt. And I can't do anything about it- the ex has to call them with check numbers and tell them which ones have cleared so they can track them. And he wouldn't/couldn't do it til today because he had to work. I sure hope this gets straightened out soon, because I'm getting really frustrated and *really* broke!

It's no better here in Iowa, I can't tell you how many payments have been "lost", even coming right out of the paycheck. Be glad you get them weekly, though....I used to get them monthly, and if the employer happens to send a payment a day or two off schedule, they can consider it a "double payment" at the end of the month, and you get SQUAT until 2 months later, basically....and it's no better for him knowing he's paid it and it still isn't getting to the kids. I'm not depending on the money, but it's always nice to know it's getting where it's supposed to go, when it's supposed to be there....when someone COUNTS on that money, it's really tough, and you'll get no sympathy from anyone in the state office....go figure.