Child support and separation agreement

North Carolina Divorce Law Divorce and Separation Answers
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Yes, you can sue him for breach of contract and seek the money he owes you under the terms of the Agreement.

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I was seperated from my husband and we recorded a separation agreement in Iredell county in May 1997. We agreed to specific child support issues in that agreement. Our divorce was final in Sept 99. The divorce was NOT specific to any child issues - ie. support, custody, so on. I filed with Florida Dept. of Revenue - Child Support Enforcement in October of 2006, after not having recieved child support for some time in addition to thousands of dollars in medical bills for the children. As of today (9/24/2008) child support has yet to be established. My ex husband recently had surgery for cancer and has been made temporarilly disabled by his doctor. I was told that once he start working again, child support will be established and he will have to pay from then on. I was told there will be no arears, regardless of what the separation agreement says. Is that true and is there any other way to try to collect for all of the med. invoices and 2 years of child support I have not recieved since filing?
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Thank you in advance