Can CS be collected 4 a child by the ch. once they turn 18 if the other parent is not willing to collect. AZ?

Question

My bio mom's rights were terminated in 9-94. My dad was given full custody. My step mom adopted me in Feb 95. They split, my dad met another woman and has another family. He still pays support according to rates from 10 years ago - due to a threat of removing me from my adopted mother. (Attorney's told her not to chance it.) I graduate this year and my mom is on disability due to cancer. Money is tight. I would like to help out more if I can. May I collect ch. support for myself from the court order on my bio mom from 1990 - 1994 without consent from my biological father. He has not had contact for several years and has minimally supported me through the years. I know collection in AZ can be made up to three years after the child has made age of majority, but can I ask courts to pay me vs. my dad? How? Can I find her and ask her to pay me and it will count if he does decide to collect?

Answer 1

I would recommend discussing this with a family law attorney.

I would imagine that if she was ordered by the court to pay child support from 1990-1994, and she didn't, then she would still be required to pay the amount ordered plus interest.

However, there are a lot of things in family law that don't make sense, and if her parental rights were terminated in part because of her not paying child support then there might be a possibility that the court might have voided her requirement.

Of course, I'm seriously hypothosizing here, throwing things out randomly.

Talk to an attorney. Most will give some sort of free consultation.

Answer 2

Good question, If you go to college he has to keep paying I know that much but any money owed from the past before you turned 18 would have to be collected by the person it was suppose to go to originally in my opinion, unless that person is deceased or incapacitated.

Answer 3

That is truly a question only a family law attorney can answer for you.