No the child would either be placed with a relative or put in an orphanage.
Marriage of the mother, father or child have no relationship to the collection of a debt.
No, the mother expended the money raising the child, she is entitled to payment. If the mother has passed away, the estate can claim the money.
Your mother's estate is responsible for her credit card debt.
The back child support is still a debt. The estate should make a claim against the father. The money is still owed to the mother. Whether your wife receives any of it will depend on the estate and what bills are owed.
No, the debt is all his.
I think that would be paid out of the estate and not by the child.
Yes.
Child support debt cannot be charged off in a bankruptcy.
No one can really answer that. We do not know your mother and your person story with them. No one can answer this except your mother. Ask her.
You father's death does not release you from your obligation. You now owe the money to the estate.
No. If the father still owes money she can though since the debt does not go away just because the child dies. If he does not owe anything there is no child to pay for and if there is no court order, he is basically voluntarily giving his money away to her for no reason. His choice.
Nothing much, as his father died of drinking and falling into debt, his mother was a homemaker.