My Son had a "Hold" on his bank account back child support.

If he deposits in your account; generally I think to direct deposit the earner has to be on the account; if you do that , then they can take you money out of the account also.
He can't escape this, even if he quits direct deposit, then they will garnish right at the workplace.
I am sorry to be no help; many "payors" find themselves in this position if they get in arrears; many have to take a second job to make ends meet.

If they froze the account 100% to cover the back child support, then going to another account will not help his financial situation. The courts have become very aggressive in pursuing back child support, and are likely to draw from any account with which he is associated.

i would recommend moving off of direct deposit and working with paper checks. At least then they can only garnish his wages, not take funds directly out of his bank account. Hopefully, he isn't so far behind that it will take him long to catch up.

The only time a direct deposit can be made the fathers name would have to be on the account, and I do not sujest that because then your accourt can get frozen as well. He can stop the direct deposit by contacting his human resources department though his employer. This would only be a tempory solution because the child support services will fine out if you open another account, they can garnish your wages and that would be better than what their doing now. The state can take up to 65% of your check, although most take only 50%. There is no way your going to get out of paying your childsupport, if the non-custodial parent paid their support this would not happen, it alawys catches up with them.