Nah. I didn't have to, and my lawer said I didn't have to!(I am serious.)=This may depend on the state and county you live in. In parts of PA, if the grandparents are given custody of a child or have custody of a child, they CAN petition for child support, and yes the parents would have to pay for the care of that child.=
Child support is paid to the person who has legal custody of the child. If the grandmother has legal custody then the child support order should be modified so the payments go to her.
In the circumstance you mention, both parents could be ordered to pay.
Yes. A court can order that a parent pay child support to a grandparent who has legal guardianship of the child. Arrears can be assessed by the court to cover a time period when no support order was in effect.
Yes. A court can order that a parent pay child support to a grandparent who has legal guardianship of the child. Arrears can be assessed by the court to cover a time period when no support order was in effect.
Yes. A court can order that a parent pay child support to a grandparent who has legal guardianship of the child. Arrears can be assessed by the court to cover a time period when no support order was in effect.
Yes. A court can order that a parent pay child support to a grandparent who has legal guardianship of the child. Arrears can be assessed by the court to cover a time period when no support order was in effect.
Yes. A court can order that a parent pay child support to a grandparent who has legal guardianship of the child. Arrears can be assessed by the court to cover a time period when no support order was in effect.
No, she should be paying it.
if court ordered
The parents pay for their child.
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The parent. It was the parent who incurred the expenses to support the child.
The parent.
No. Child support arrears are owed to the parent.
Most states do not allow a child to collect back support as an adult. Although the right to child support belongs to the child, support is payable to the custodial parent to assist in the care and upbringing of that child. If the custodial parent did not receive that support, then she (or he) made contributions that should have come from the other parent, and the right to collect the back support belongs to her.
Back dated to what if it's being stopped?
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.
Yes,
Yes.
Neither the custodial parent's drug use nor the child's age is a defense against not paying past-due child support.
Yes, the back support will still be owed, unless the custodial parent agrees to 'forgive' it.
No, usually support is only due when ordered by a court.
Generally, child support is only "backdated" to the date the custodial parent files for support.