Can You Collect Unpaid Child Support, 50 Years Later

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Quoting tug

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Laches only apply to contempt of court charges and are applied at the discretion of the court. Laches have nothing to do with child support and the Navy can and will take action against an officer who dis descrates the uniform retired or not due to their high code of ethics more importantly the navy doesn't have a statue of limitations concerning child support

With that in mind just going by the Bradley Amendment maybe I do have a chance in hell

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Allow me to educate you just a smidge. Because it's Sunday and, well, I'm just one of those kind-hearted gals.


You seem to believe that Laches has nothing to do with child support. Why not take a wee look here?

http://www.floridasupremecourt.org/c...3_JurisIni.pdf

As we can see, there is much discussion of how and when Laches is and may be applied ergo Laches jolly well can apply when child support debts are being litigated.

And this from Illinois: https://www.illinoisdivorce.com/fami...ld_support.php

More discussion: http://caselaw.findlaw.com/fl-distri...l/1165436.html

Now, I want you to actually think, when you're next discussing the Navy. K? K.

Apology accepted. Have a lovely Sunday,

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Quoting tug

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Sorry but from what I read about the Bradley Amandment there is no statue of limitations and it over rides all State laws. If your a dead beat dad and regardless of your circumstances when you decided your needs outweighed the needs of your children even 50 years ago you will be held responsible. Regardless of your current circumstances you will live up to your obligation or spend some time in jail. The days of my father and his family living high off the hog are about to come to an end. I've been waiting for this day for 50 years. I can hardly wait to see the look on his wife's face when she realizes her days of putting $30K on a credit card or giving HER family unlimited funds is over. Vengeance is mine said the Lord and that day is here. With Gods help my mom will collect what's due to her and she can have her operation. If we are fortunate to collect everything goes to my mom she's the one that sacrificed and suffered because of that SOB

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Oh, I daresay I would understand if your ailing father would simply ignore your existence.

HaHa. HaHaHaHa. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

Hmmm... thinking. In 1971 my mother somehow got my dead beat dad to pay $95 a month for 3 kids. He paid that till 1978 so it's obvious he was obligated to pay child support. Let's not forget the contempt of court charge which started immediately when he stopped paying child support. Being an officer in the Navy and living a lie for 50 years would definitely be frowned on by the military and because he desicrated the uniform the entire time he was enlisted that could very well affect his pension. I have read the Bradley Amendment front to back and have yet to see the years that are affected by it. I know when it was enacted but no where does it say the actual years it effects. Speaking of the Navy he was obligated to pay child support health insurance and housing which he didn't pay. The rules of the navy and civil court for child support are completely different and again there is no statue of limitations. I may be wrong but this man has taken something away from that I'll never get back, he took my childhood away and while his new family was living high off the hog we were having our electricity turned off and even though he knew about not once did he offer to pay to have it turned on. Any man that can turn his back on his own flesh and blood like he did isn't a man at all and anyone man who defends his actions is even less than a man he's a coward

Yes, you're wrong.

You need to be in counseling - your problems run far, far deeper than you can imagine.

If you're truly concerned about your Mom's health, and given the limited time she likely has left on this Earth, at 83, you'd be devoting your time and energy to getting Medicaid for her, to pay for the operation, rather than wasting 2+ years trying to chase after a 50 year old child support debt.

OP posted down the street.

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There's an amendment called the Bradley amendment that states there are no statue of limitations when it comes to child support in arrears. The law doesn't care the reason why you didn't pay support if your in arrears you will pay what you owe

My question is do I need to hire an attorney to get my dad to pay court ordered child support. He was already held in contempt for non child support once when he and my mom first divorced but his mom came up to my mom and begged her not to press charges and she gave her her word he would pay if she dropped the charges

Instead my mom made a stipulation that stated as long as my dad keeps up with his child support the charges will be dropped. When they were walking out of the court house my dad threatened my mom and told her she was going to regret divorcing him and he never made a child support payments even though he could more than afford it.

The Bradley amendment is pretty cut and dry it states if your in arrears you must pay and it takes away the states statute of limitations. This law was written for people like my dad. He could more than afford to pay child support but just refused to. My mom had called him and all but begged him to do as the court ordered and once again he threatened my mom to the point that she was afraid to take any action against him. Whenever she card him after that either him or his new wife would hang up on her. In the mean time their shutting of our electricity because my mom couldn't afford to pay it. At one point the electricity was turned off for 9 days so there were 3 little kids huddled against their mother at night because they were frightened and didn't quite understand why we didn't have electricity . My dad was aware of the fact we didn't have electricity and refused to help my mom pay for it

I want to nail his ass to the wall so bad it's not funny. I want to show his wife and their kids that I'm not my mom and they can't intimidate me and he will either pay what he owes or I will freeze and attach all of his assets and they'll find out what it's like to have their electricity turned off
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He still doesn't believe MrKIA. Or anybody else.

Essentials for Attorneys in Child Enforcement

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Statutes of Limitations for the Enforcement of
Child Support Arrears

Colorado: The statute of limitations is 20 years for debts accrued before July 1, 1981; 6 years for debts accrued after that time. Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-80-103.5; In re Marriage of Aragon, 773 P.2d 1110 (Colo. Ct. App. 1989). Judgments are renewable before expiration.

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OP you have completely misconstrued what the Bradley Amendment will allow. As for the military - well, good luck trying to have the military take any action against your father under the Uniform Code of Military Justice and bring him to court martial. He's a civilian now.

From the UCMJ:

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the military department does not control the personal affairs of nonactive duty personnel. These personnel usually are in a civilian status and are not subject to military discipline.

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You are SOL. Your mother sat on her hands for 50 years and didn't take action to collect when she could and should have done so.

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Essentials for Attorneys in Child Enforcement



OP you have completely misconstrued what the Bradley Amendment will allow. As for the military - well, good luck trying to have the military take any action against your father under the Uniform Code of Military Justice and bring him to court martial. He's a civilian now.

From the UCMJ:



You are SOL. Your mother sat on her hands for 50 years and didn't take action to collect when she could and should have done so.

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Norman Schwarzkopf himself could have that same discourse with the OP and the OP STILL wouldn't believe it.

(Well... except that he's dead, but that's just a technicality for this purpose)