I suggest that you contact your State's child support agency. When you get an interview with them, bring all the papers relating to your child support: birth certificates, acknowledgments of paternity, court orders, payment records, etc. Be polite but persistent. Good luck!
Support is owed to the parent (or the State), not the child.
No. If there were arrears in this case it was owed to the custodial parent. The child does not get child support or arrears.
Child support arrears do not go away. The custodial parent can continue to pursue arrears until they are paid off. State Child Support Enforcement can take your tax refund if you owe child support.Child support arrears do not go away. The custodial parent can continue to pursue arrears until they are paid off. State Child Support Enforcement can take your tax refund if you owe child support.Child support arrears do not go away. The custodial parent can continue to pursue arrears until they are paid off. State Child Support Enforcement can take your tax refund if you owe child support.Child support arrears do not go away. The custodial parent can continue to pursue arrears until they are paid off. State Child Support Enforcement can take your tax refund if you owe child support.
No. If the state is supporting the mother and child the mother has no right to free the father from his responsibility to support his own children. The state will pursue him for child support.
With the court's agreement, after considering the best interest of the child. (The other parent and, possibly, the State will be consulted).
Only with the agreement of the custodial parent/obligee (which may include the State), and the courts.
1) the custodial parent, and/or; 2) the State[s] which furnished public assistance and/or child welfare services to the child[ren]
Yes, by paying his child support arrears in full.Yes, by paying his child support arrears in full.Yes, by paying his child support arrears in full.Yes, by paying his child support arrears in full.
The state sets the rates for child support. If he has paid up and is not in arrears, then the money is his to spend.
Arrears and current support, also, unless/until the child is adopted.
No. That is not up to the child. If child support payments are in arrears, it means that the custodial parent was not receiving the child support as provided in the child support order issued by the court and the non-custodial parent was in contempt of a court order. The arrears are also set forth in a court order. The funds are owed to the custodial parent. Therefore, the debt cannot be "forgiven" by the child even if they are an adult.
Yes. The government has become acutely aware of the problem of children living in poverty because a parent is not paying child support. Therefore, very strong laws have been passed to help collect arrears and states have been given wide ranging powers to collect arrears. Each state is required to maintain agencies for child support enforcement. You can review the laws and programs in your state at the related link. If you have child support arrears your tax return can be intercepted if the custodial parent requests assistance from your state child support enforcement agency, or by the state if the state is paying family benefits. You should realize that child support is intended to help with the day to day costs of supporting a child. It's not simply a bill, like a credit card bill, that you can make small payments on until it's paid years later. If you have money coming in it can be redirected toward your arrears to provide immediate support for the child.