Hello,
I divorced my husband back in 2008 and our divorce decree said he should pay child support, but I have never gotten any money from him and my son just turned 21. Is there any way to collect child support from him now? Just an aside note, he has only had jobs that pay under the table for the last 16-17years. His first ex-wife and I would find some information on him and share with each other over the years.
And if I can’t collect the money, can my son? Maybe sue him if we ever find him? I don’t know.
Thank you,
Amanda
You have ten years to collect on a court order so you could potentially recover some of the child support, but not anything that was due more than ten years ago.
Anna Ayscue
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