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What if a father pays child support and the child is not his can he get the money back?
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∙ 11y ago
No - when the support order was enter the father was deemed as "the father". If subsequent tests prove otherwise you still need to go to court to nullify the support order and place paternity where it belongs. You may have to continue paying support until the real father is proven.
This is also highly variable by state. If the father can prove paternity fraud, then it may be possible to recover some funds. However, in most states, the time to contest paternity is only available at the initial child support hearing - once that court has determined paternity, then while a subsequent court may modify the paternity payments (including ordering them stopped if paternity is disproved), no payments may be refunded.
While this may seem hideously unfair to the father, the goal for the Family Court is not fairness to the parents, it is promotion of the child's welfare, and, in this case, it is more in the child's interest that *someone* pays child support, and thus, refunding child support payments damages the child more than the father. It's harsh, but that's the viewpoint of the courts.
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If you send your child to the father for a year should you be required to send him the child support money back?
Yes, its child support. If the money is not used to support the child then its being misused. Alimony would be to support you. If the father is looking after the child, then he should not be paying child support to the mother - she doesn't have the cost of looking after the child at that time. In fact, the mother may well be in a position to send chilod support to the father - it goes both ways and she is responsible for the child just as much as the father is.
Do you have to pay back child support to child when paternity was proven after 18?
No and you pay the support to the parent not the kid. If the child is 18 there is no longer a need for child support. If someone has been paying for you and believed they were the father they can sue you for the money though.
Can child support take money from your back acct to pay back child support?
yes
Is it legal for me to settle for lump sum child support Do we need a court hearing This is for back child support our child has left home and married The father paid support while she small?
The courts must approve any waiver or settlement of back child support. This is because, strictly speaking, the money is for the child, not you.
Your wife's mother died but her father owes a lot of money in child support how she get the arrears he is about to get a lot of money?
You should consult an attorney to discuss your options and whether a child can sue for back child support in your state. There may be a statute of limitations.
How do you file for back child support from your father for child support order in 1955?
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.
Can a child over 18 sign off back child support owed by the father in California?
No, only the parent (in this case I assume the mother), who he owed the money to can do that.
Child support end if you get back with the father?
As long as you're not on Welfare, contact child support enforcement.
Does a father have to pay back support if the child was adopted?
Yes, he is still the father.
In Arkansas does the back child support go away if the mother dies?
No. The money isn't for the mother. The money is for supporting the child. Back child support belongs to the estate of the deceased and will eventually benefit the child. And even if the child should die, the back child support does not go away.
What if your wife's mother past away and her father owes a lot of money in child support can your wife get this money?
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.
My father never paid child support now i am 28?
can i get back money ? he was ordered but never payed in over 20 yrs
