# Spousal support **URL:** \ **Category:** Divorce and Separation Answers\ **Created:** [September 21, 2016, 8:08pm UTC](https://forum.rosen.com/t/spousal-support/16833 "2016-09-21T20:08:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kellymia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c57346/32.png) [@kellymia](https://forum.rosen.com/u/kellymia)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2016, 8:08pm UTC](https://forum.rosen.com/t/spousal-support/16833/1 "2016-09-21T20:08:30Z")
I was awarded spousal support in 1996, I have it in a judgment. All these years I have been making collection child support my priority, which I had to go to court several times during that time for enforcement. I never collected the spousal support, Can I still collect on the child support after all this time? It was $200 a month until I went back to work, which I did 3 years later, after our divorce, so my ex-husband owes me apprx. $7800 total in spousal support. Also, can I do this myself, or do I need an attorney? Also, the judgment is in NC and my ex-husband still lives in NC…I live in Florida now. ---
**Author:** ![Anna\_Ayscue](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.rosen.com/anna_ayscue/32/9_2.png) [@Anna\_Ayscue](https://forum.rosen.com/u/Anna_Ayscue)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2016, 8:17pm UTC](https://forum.rosen.com/t/spousal-support/16833/2 "2016-09-23T20:17:07Z")
No, you will not be able to collect the spousal support that was owed to you between 1996 and 1999. In North Carolina, you only have 10 years to have a court order enforced.