can the Child support owed be paid directly to the Child and not to the other parent? If not, do you think it should?
2007-01-03 04:17:59 · 58 answers · asked by Enterrador 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
No unless the court rules back pay. As an adult at 18 you would think it would go directly to the child or in trust till 21. The other parent shouldn't get it unless they are totally trust worthy or using it the pay for the child's schooling.
2007-01-03 04:22:33 · answer #1 · answered by nashiranickel 3 · 0⤊ 8⤋
As far as I know, child support is no longer owed after a child turns 18 unless the parents have some type of agreement in place. Support is always paid to the other parent whether paid directly or through a government department. Child support laws differ depending on where you live.
I think payments should be made to the parent and not the child since the parent incurs all of the expenses of raising a child.
2007-01-03 04:33:55 · answer #2 · answered by Jenna G 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Here it is paid through the courts to the parent, not the child. If you are still paying support after the child turned 18 it is more likely because you were behind, the child is going to college or still in high school, or they are disabled- anyway the other parent did and is still caring for the child weather away from the home or not. so the money should go to them, if the other parent so chooses to give the money to the child it is up to them. If none of this discribes the situation you should see about emancipating your child, with conditions if the child does decide to go to college.
2007-01-03 04:39:19 · answer #3 · answered by summera76 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Once the child turns 18 unless the child attends college no child support has to be paid. At least in the state of Mo. I know, I'm paying child support.
2007-01-03 05:18:05 · answer #4 · answered by yarbar04 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In the state I live in a child can sue the parent for back child support once the child turns 18. The support payments will still be sent to the custodial parent though since they are the ones who had to pay all the support for the child while the non custodial parent wasn't paying.
2007-01-03 04:22:18 · answer #5 · answered by ? 5 · 5⤊ 0⤋
My father still "owes" 40 grand in back child support and has to pay it monthly even now and his youngest child is 27! She tried to have it stopped several times over the past ten years but the county we live in will not stop it. So, my mother apon receipt of the child support sends it back to my dad.
Child support is due to the custodial parent so if the non-custodial parent still owes after the child is 18 (21 if in collge) it goes to the custodial parent.
2007-01-03 04:39:38 · answer #6 · answered by kasawn_kitty 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The debt was incurred for expenses in raising the child before the child was 18 so the money would go to the custodial parent. Whether the custodial parent would want to give the money to the child is a matter between the parent and child.
2007-01-03 04:27:31 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
It is due the state if you are paying through an agency. It will not be counted as support if given directly to the custodian or child. Yes it sucks. I was sued by the state for paternity of a child going on 16. The mother had to sign the papers to give the state permission to sue me in order to receive medicaid. We had already established my paternity in probate 15 years earlier. Then they sued me for 16 years back child support only to find out I had been paying it do the mother. They then made me pay to the courts for the remainder of the time (there were no arrearages. Since she fled out of state with her mother the child support was terminated at age 18. I had overpaid $ 1100 and it took over 2 years to get it back from the county. After not hearing any thing from my daughter for 3 ears she called to tell me her mother died that morning. The system sucks but it's deadbeat dads that have forced the situation on all of us.
2007-01-03 05:01:35 · answer #8 · answered by lyyman 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
child support after 18 should go to the parent
2007-01-03 04:34:58 · answer #9 · answered by kat 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The child support is to help the parent to raise the child, not for the child to spend as they see fit. If back payments are owed, it should go to the parent to reimburse them for the extra money they have already spent to raise the child.
The 18 year old wants money? Tell them to get a job.
2007-01-03 04:27:52 · answer #10 · answered by Blunt Honesty 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
NO -- that back-owed child support for all those years need to go to the custodial parent (for the reasons of the FACT that they incurred all the expenses of being the RESPONSIBLE ONE all these years -- caring for the child, medical/health/dental care, hospitalizations, took them to their activities (Scouts, After-School Programs, Athletics, Caregiving programs, etc), and this is ONLY FAIR ....
After that -- the Custodial Parent can then decide whether to give some of that money out to the child (now adult) if they want to ....
2007-01-03 04:35:35 · answer #11 · answered by sglmom 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋