Please choose the correct ending to complete the given sentence: Finance and Business: [header] How to collect unpaid child support [title] Talk to the other parent. [step] If you are on speaking terms with the other parent, you may be able to work things out on your own and make arrangements without involving the courts. [substeps] This is especially true if you know the other parent has encountered a temporary hardship but will soon be able to resume regular payments again.

Ending1: You may want to talk to their representative and ask them how they dealt with the hardship when the issue arose. Let the other parent know how you feel about the situation and what you think they could do about it. Ending2: Ask open-ended questions such as, " when do you expect payments to stop? " or " how can we help? " if you are representing yourself, speak to a lawyer. [title] Ask family and friends for moral support. Ending3: If you do come to an agreement with the other parent regarding back child support, make sure you get that agreement in writing. You also may be able to file the agreement with the court or get a judge to approve it so the agreement itself is legally enforceable. Ending4: If necessary, request a hearing before the judge, if you aren't required to go to court. Sometimes this is with a parent or as an interrogator.

Answer format: ending1/ending2/ending3/ending4