kyili
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Wife has 22 yo son who when we became married in 1997 was 7 yo. She received at that time 500.00$ from first husband for CS for Jon. Since that time from Jon 7-18 my STBX wife did not pursue CS because 1. If he did give her money she did not want her son to have contact with his father 2. We bacame married and she "didnt need the money" So my question is she has approx. 26,400.00 owed in back CS from the time we were married unitll he truned 18 11yrs. Can she still try to collect on unpaid CS from first marriage or is there a time limit. If she can still try to collect would I be owed anything from her for supporting her child.
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finz
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Hmmm.....that's an interesting one. I don't know the answer, but I'll be interested to see if anyone here does know.
Morally (again, NOT a legal answer), I think you should be able to recoup some of that if you were the primary bread earner/household supporter during this time. I don't think there is a time limit for collecting, but I don't KNOW. Do you even know where the bd is and if he's likely to have the money to pay the CS (ever) ?
Did you urge her to pursue that CS over the years ? Or did you agree that it was best to avoid the bd to keep him out of your lives ?
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kyili
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She has chosen not to find him and she told me it was none of my business as far as her child and CS from first husband she did not want to collect CS if it ment he could see Jon.
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finz
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I'm wondering if it would make a difference though if you said "Okay, I'll just pay for everything" years ago when you FIRST realized this was a problem or if this has been a long standing issue/arguement in your marriage. If you didn't complain before, and you are now just because she might be getting a 'payday' that you can't benefit from.......that kind of blows your arguement.
Related to that, was your wife working at first and then became disabled ? Or did you pay for most things and support the whole family from the start ? Was the amount of SSDI received for that child sufficient to pay for most of the costs of raising him ?
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kyili
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we argued over this for several years untill I realized it was just not my wife I was fighting against it was/is her mother. My wife worked full time for first 2 years then per diem for 1-2 years then we had our child and decided it didnt make sense for her to work and to pay child care. last question SSDI for the child sufficient to pay for most of the costs no.
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finz
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I think the fact that you stopped fighting over it.....and stayed married to her even while her income decreased more, means that in a practical sense, you consented.
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