YES! Go to your local court and begin action now. Search to see if you mother did do anything at all. Paperwork may have already been started years ago. The Clerk will find the information for you. They cannot give you legal advice just give you the paperwork. The Friend of the court will deal with your case. I would first seek an attorney in this area and use the contingent fee process. Meaning, the attorney will get a 3rd of what you get in the end. This is the best way to go. Sometimes you may have to pay hourly. Get an experienced lawyer over 5 years in practice in Child support payments. You need someone who will know exactly what to do. Many lawyers will take a case and research the law and then act. Keep that information to yourself. It may be possible if the state does not have SOL pertaining to child support. Attorneys will not accept this type of a case on a contingency basis unlike personal injury suits, there is little guarantee such a lawsuit would be successful. If the mother received any state assistance concerning the child(ren) it is highly likely that any monies recovered would belong to state rather than the adult child, even if the child paid all legal expenses. Such action contains many veritables and will be a complicated and lengthy and expensive process with no guarantees as to the outcome. A "friend of the court" or a Guardian Ad Litem, is a legal representative appointed by the court to represent a minor or an adult who has been declared legally incompetent, it would not apply in a case such as the one cited.
The answer is yes, if the parent was court ordered to pay the balance or sum ordered while the child was living with the custodial parent at that time . The child over 18 can legally sue the parent ordered to pay the outstanding balance of the child's rearages that were not paid. If there was no court order I would consult an attorney to question other options available.
Not for an established claim, however a new claim can be filed up to one year after the age of majority.
Yes, but you will probably lose. Child support orders normally end when the child turns 18.
Generally, the custodial parent or court appointed guardian would need to file a complaint for child support.
Yes
no. not at all
What is it with you men! Of course you would still have to pay child support for your 9 year old.
He is the father and not to allow him his child would hurt the child. Take him to family court for the support.
no
No, in order for a lawsuit for child support arrearages to be valid the support order needs to have been in affect before the child reached the age of majority.
no
Yes, but paternity must be established first.
Yes. see links
No and No.This is ludicrous at the very best. The father is paying child support because of a court ordered decree when he and his ex-spouse ended their marriage. The father continues paying until the daughter attains the age of 18. To expect the 16 year old boy (also a child in a legal sense) to pay child support is ridiculous and beyond belief.
State laws vary but the Child Support Enforcement Division of the State Department of Social Services may be able to pursue child support from the paternal grandparents of the child as long as the father of the child is under eighteen. The mother should visit the local family court and ask to speak with an advocate.
Child support is supposed to be used by the custodial parent to support the 14 year old child. It should not be spent on alcohol, drugs, and other things that are not directly supporting the child.