Hopefully, there is insurance or other funds in the will designated for the child. Of course, the child will be eligible for social security benefits if the parent worked.
Only if the owed parent is deceased
Only if the obligee parent releases the claim or is deceased.
The child support is paid to the parent, not the child, to pay for the expenses of the child. So as long as you have a roof over your head, food in your belly and clothes on your back my guess is that the child support is being used correctly.
The parent. It was the parent who incurred the expenses to support the child.
The parent.
No, you are not responsible for their back child support.
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.
Yes, as an adult you can sue a noncustodial parent for back child support. However it is a different story if the noncustodial parent has never been ordered to pay child support. You can still sue them for a percentage of their assets. I am currently working on a case in which my client is sueing his father for 15 years of back child support. Any divorce lawyer can handle this case for you.
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,