There is, but it varies depending on your arrearage. Failure to support is what is called a continuing condition. In other words, every month you fail to pay, the charge remains. Therefore, the statute of limitations does not even START until your youngest child is 18. Then, the clock starts ticking on the statute of limitations. If, at that time, you owe less than $25,000, the statute of limitations is three years. If you owe more than $25,000, the SoL is five years.
Failure to support is a Class B felony and can rack up some serious jail time and hefty fine on top of child support payments. Arkansas is one of the states known to seriously go after "deadbeat" parents, both moms and dads.
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Nope. There is no statute of limitations for collecting child support.
No. Once you owe back child support (arrearage), you' will be paying until paid in full. There is no statute of limitations when child support is at issue, regardless of the age (s) of the child (ren).
Unlike denied access rights, under federal law, there is no statute of limitations. However, the claim must be kept active by renewing it every 24 months.
There is no statute of limitations on collecting unpaid child support.
The only event that would eliminate the arrears is a court order vacating that arrearage - there is no statute of limitations on support arrearages.
There is no statute of limitations on unpaid, past-due child support.
California has no statute of limitations on child support arrears.
In the US, there is no statute of limitations on collecting unpaid child support.
There is no statute of limitations on collecting past-due child support.
Generally, there is no statute of limitations on collecting past-due child support.
There is no statute of limitations for this anywhere in the US.