Typically, adoption terminates the rights and responsibilities of the biological parents.
File a motion in the court that entered the support order, with proof of the adoption.
It depends....Was it only a matter of the child's last name being changed or did you file a Petition to Adopt the child? For you to be the legal parent of this child, then you would have had to file the necessary court paperwork to adopt the child (i.e. petition for adoption) and the court would have had to enter a decree of adoption (i.e. granted your petition for adoption). If the child's name were changed absent an adoption action and decree then you are not legally responsible to support the child.
In general, any time between the child's birth and the date of the child's adoption, majority, emancipation or death. One exception to the above: if the child is severely handicapped.
I doubt there were many child support laws back then. Normally, only the custodial parent of the child can file for child support, not the actual child.
Your local family (civil) court is where you must file for child support arrears. If there is a child support order you must return to that court to file a contempt of court order.Your local family (civil) court is where you must file for child support arrears. If there is a child support order you must return to that court to file a contempt of court order.Your local family (civil) court is where you must file for child support arrears. If there is a child support order you must return to that court to file a contempt of court order.Your local family (civil) court is where you must file for child support arrears. If there is a child support order you must return to that court to file a contempt of court order.
Yes.
You always file for child support in the jurisdiction where the child legally resides. The child support enforcement agency will take it from there.
No. Child support is not discharged in bankruptcy.
Child support is not discharged in bankruptcy.
Then she will not get any child support.
First, he should find out if the child is his. Is he paying child support? It's very difficult to do this unless it involves an adoption. If he's not under a child support order, he needs to determine if this is his child and start one. Depending on the state, she can wait until the child is 23 to file for up to 18 years of retroactive child support. see links below
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