Child support issues

staceyv · 01-27-2005, 05:30 PM

I just found out that the statute of limitations in Rhode Island for child support back payments is 20 years. I am 28 and my father never paid a dime in child support. How would I go about getting it back if I don't have money to pay a lawyer?

Happy Monkey · 01-27-2005, 05:44 PM

Aren't they owed to your mother, not you?

Trilby · 01-27-2005, 05:46 PM

No, the money is owed to Stacey.

Happy Monkey · 01-27-2005, 06:16 PM

Cool. That makes more sense, but it didn't sound like the way the law would actually be written.

Troubleshooter · 01-27-2005, 08:01 PM

20 years from what date?

staceyv · 01-27-2005, 08:28 PM

I think it's from the date they were issued the court order to pay. Does that mean if he was first ordered to pay when I was 1 yr old that I'm S.O.L?

Troubleshooter · 01-27-2005, 08:44 PM

Stands to reason, but you have to look it up to be sure.

Beestie · 01-27-2005, 10:17 PM

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Originally Posted by staceyv

How would I go about getting it back if I don't have money to pay a lawyer?

Screw the law. Have Arsen round up a couple of his Russian Merchant Marine buddies go over and collect it.

staceyv · 01-28-2005, 07:24 AM

I want to make him pay. He's such a deadbeat. He married my mother when she was pregnant, then he went down to Louisiana for Mardi Gras when I was almost a year old and he never came back. he lived in Louisiana until my mother tried to get him to pay child support, then he moved to Alabama. When I was 16 I wrote him a letter asking him to at least help me pay for college. he moved to another part of alabama. I know where this asshole is.

Troubleshooter · 01-28-2005, 12:33 PM

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Originally Posted by staceyv

He married my mother when she was pregnant

Is he your biological father? Name on the birth certificate?

Dagney · 01-29-2005, 06:12 AM

Was a court order for support actually issued, or was the only request the letter you wrote asking for help for college?

staceyv · 01-29-2005, 04:17 PM

Yes, he is my biological father. he married my mother because he got her pregnant...
The child support was court ordered. He didn't pay, my mother took him back to court, and that's when he started moving around.
I would have to be partially retarded to think that some guy who isn't my real father should pay child support, or even if he is my father, that he should have to pay if he wasn't ordered to in court. I'm not THAT stupid, guys!
(sorry, I'm feeling a little bitchy and defensive right now, don't take it personally)

Dagney · 01-29-2005, 05:54 PM

I was just clarifying facts that weren't completely spelled out. Forget I asked.

perth · 01-29-2005, 07:44 PM

I guess my question is this:

Is this about the money, or revenge? Because if it's about revenge, I can get behind that. But if it's about the money, you're probably gonna save yourself some time, money, and possibly heartache by just letting it go.

OnyxCougar · 01-30-2005, 12:58 PM

I would guess that if the statute of limitations is 20 years, it probably goes by date of Order, and if it was ordered when you were 1 year old, you're probably too late.

However, if it's 20 years from when he was supposed to pay, then you can claim back to 1994 through your 18th birthday.

It would probably be way more to collect it through legal means than it's worth. Unless, as perth says, it's all about the revenge. But then, that's your karma. Do what you want with it.

01-27-2005, 05:30 PM	#1
staceyv Lecturer Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Ohio Posts: 927	Child support issues I just found out that the statute of limitations in Rhode Island for child support back payments is 20 years. I am 28 and my father never paid a dime in child support. How would I go about getting it back if I don't have money to pay a lawyer?

01-27-2005, 05:44 PM	#2
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Aren't they owed to your mother, not you? __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

01-27-2005, 05:46 PM	#3
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	No, the money is owed to Stacey. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

01-27-2005, 06:16 PM	#4
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Cool. That makes more sense, but it didn't sound like the way the law would actually be written. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

01-27-2005, 08:01 PM	#5
Troubleshooter The urban Jane Goodall Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 3,012	20 years from what date? __________________ I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. - Aristotle

01-27-2005, 08:28 PM	#6
staceyv Lecturer Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Ohio Posts: 927	I think it's from the date they were issued the court order to pay. Does that mean if he was first ordered to pay when I was 1 yr old that I'm S.O.L?

01-27-2005, 08:44 PM	#7
Troubleshooter The urban Jane Goodall Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 3,012	Stands to reason, but you have to look it up to be sure. __________________ I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. - Aristotle

01-28-2005, 07:24 AM	#9
staceyv Lecturer Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Ohio Posts: 927	I want to make him pay. He's such a deadbeat. He married my mother when she was pregnant, then he went down to Louisiana for Mardi Gras when I was almost a year old and he never came back. he lived in Louisiana until my mother tried to get him to pay child support, then he moved to Alabama. When I was 16 I wrote him a letter asking him to at least help me pay for college. he moved to another part of alabama. I know where this asshole is.

01-29-2005, 06:12 AM	#11
Dagney The Prodigal Brat Returneth Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: North Cackalacky Posts: 1,107	Was a court order for support actually issued, or was the only request the letter you wrote asking for help for college? __________________ The Constitution gives every American the right to make a total fool out of himself. But that doesn't mean you need to.

01-29-2005, 04:17 PM	#12
staceyv Lecturer Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Ohio Posts: 927	Yes, he is my biological father. he married my mother because he got her pregnant... The child support was court ordered. He didn't pay, my mother took him back to court, and that's when he started moving around. I would have to be partially retarded to think that some guy who isn't my real father should pay child support, or even if he is my father, that he should have to pay if he wasn't ordered to in court. I'm not THAT stupid, guys! (sorry, I'm feeling a little bitchy and defensive right now, don't take it personally)

01-29-2005, 05:54 PM	#13
Dagney The Prodigal Brat Returneth Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: North Cackalacky Posts: 1,107	I was just clarifying facts that weren't completely spelled out. Forget I asked. __________________ The Constitution gives every American the right to make a total fool out of himself. But that doesn't mean you need to.

01-29-2005, 07:44 PM	#14
perth Strong Silent Type Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Fort Collins, CO Posts: 1,949	I guess my question is this: Is this about the money, or revenge? Because if it's about revenge, I can get behind that. But if it's about the money, you're probably gonna save yourself some time, money, and possibly heartache by just letting it go.

01-30-2005, 12:58 PM	#15
OnyxCougar Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kingdom of Atlantia Posts: 2,979	I would guess that if the statute of limitations is 20 years, it probably goes by date of Order, and if it was ordered when you were 1 year old, you're probably too late. However, if it's 20 years from when he was supposed to pay, then you can claim back to 1994 through your 18th birthday. It would probably be way more to collect it through legal means than it's worth. Unless, as perth says, it's all about the revenge. But then, that's your karma. Do what you want with it. __________________ Impotentes defendere libertatem non possunt. "Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth." ~Franklin D. Roosevelt

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