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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 389500" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>I don't know how it is in other states but here, if there is no valid court order in place, there is no such thing as back child support! When we divorced, my ex dragged his feet over the paperwork as long as he could possibly stretch it out and when he finally did sign the papers, child support started THAT day, not when he left! He paid nothing from January through July of that year and it was just fine with them!</p><p> </p><p>And here, it's a well known fact that if you're not receiving any kind of State aid, they could care less if you ever got the child support or not! I was working full time when we separated, supporting our son on my little paycheck. Even when the court order was in place and he still didn't pay, the most the local child support office would do is write letters to him which he ignored. But if you are receiving any kind of State aid at all to help you raise your children, it usually becomes a whole different story! I don't know about unemployment but here, if you get any kind of welfare, food stamps, housing assistance or any other kind of goverment aid, they will go after those "daddies" to get their money back! That happened to my niece whose ex never paid a dime in support for either one of their kids - until she applied for and was approved for food stamps! When faced with the choice of either paying his child support or going to jail, he finally decided he'd better get a real job and start paying. Not that he was one bit concerned about the kids, he just didn't want to go to jail!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 389500, member: 1883"] I don't know how it is in other states but here, if there is no valid court order in place, there is no such thing as back child support! When we divorced, my ex dragged his feet over the paperwork as long as he could possibly stretch it out and when he finally did sign the papers, child support started THAT day, not when he left! He paid nothing from January through July of that year and it was just fine with them! And here, it's a well known fact that if you're not receiving any kind of State aid, they could care less if you ever got the child support or not! I was working full time when we separated, supporting our son on my little paycheck. Even when the court order was in place and he still didn't pay, the most the local child support office would do is write letters to him which he ignored. But if you are receiving any kind of State aid at all to help you raise your children, it usually becomes a whole different story! I don't know about unemployment but here, if you get any kind of welfare, food stamps, housing assistance or any other kind of goverment aid, they will go after those "daddies" to get their money back! That happened to my niece whose ex never paid a dime in support for either one of their kids - until she applied for and was approved for food stamps! When faced with the choice of either paying his child support or going to jail, he finally decided he'd better get a real job and start paying. Not that he was one bit concerned about the kids, he just didn't want to go to jail! [/QUOTE]
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