Back pay for your child?

Posted July 18th, 2008 by PreciousMamaof2

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I have a question lady's.. My brother just got servied child support papers the other day and he has never support his 10 year old son. Will he have to pay from the moment he was born and will he have to pay her back child support from 10 years? Thank you for your time!!!!

I believe so! I know my

On July 18th, 2008 tonys_mom says:

I believe so! I know my brother had to when his oldests daughters mom went after him for child support.

SADLY, yes he will have to

On July 18th, 2008 chellesmomma says:

SADLY, yes he will have to pay from the day he was born. If he was unaware of the child, my advise to you is to get a lawyer. My godmother works for DES for like over 20 years, so I know a lot about it. And from past experience also.

I believe if your brother is

On July 18th, 2008 me says:

I believe if your brother is aware the child exists, then yes. He will owe back child support.

The recipe for perpetual ignorance is: be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge.
~ Elbert Hubbard (1856 - 1915)

I know he's your brother and

On July 18th, 2008 mom2threegrlz says:

I know he's your brother and we don't know the whole story, but he hasn't paid a dime to support his child for 10 years. The mother deserves to be paid back. Maybe the child could have had/will have a better quality of life with the money he will provide. Even if it's not legally required, it would be the right thing to do.

I know I'll probably get slammed for that statement. I don't mean to offend. It just irkes me when parents (mothers included) make children and then push the responsibility to someone else.

Yes but if mom never filed

On July 19th, 2008 nocgirl says:

Yes but if mom never filed for support (which is HER responsibility) and to establish paternity, she may not be entitled to it from the birth. Honestly this is ridiculous. Mom likely had someone playing Daddy all this time and now that the relationship is over, she wants child support. She apparantly did not need it if she never filed for it.

Your brother should get an attorney and fight this. He should only have to pay child support from when she asked for it. I doubt AZ will allow her to go back 10 years anyways.

DD 3 years old brand new baby Luke David born 6/9/08 9lb 1oz 21 1/2 inches long

I agree with mom2threegirlz.

On July 19th, 2008 twinsmom says:

I agree with mom2threegirlz. It is the right thing to do to pay the child support he hasn't paid in the last 10 years.

I don't believe it is (or should be) the mom's responsibility to file for child support. It was the father's MORAL responsibility to pay child support regardless if it was ordered or not. I am amazed some people have the attitude that he shouldn't have to pay simply because she didn't want to go through a court battle. Ridiculous! He fathered the child, he should have helped support the child all along. He didn't so he should make reparations for that.

When my stepson was young my husband was paying a small amount of child support because he was in college. After he got a good job and made a decent amount of money, HE contacted child support enforcement and voluntarily raised the amount he was paying each month because it was the right thing to do. THAT'S what a father does. He provides as much as he can for his children whether or not a court orders him to.