My question involves child support in the State of: TN
I'm the non custodian parent. The TN DHS took about 14 months to come up with the new recalculated amount and to finally put it on paper. Throughout the 14 months, I was told I had to continue paying the old child support amount until the NEW recalculated amount took effect. That meant a total of 14 MONTHS of continous child support which ran up to about $7,000 out of my pocket. During this whole time, my child was already moved away to another state for college and was no longer even living with the mom. So in essence the mom continued to keep the money even though she knew ethically she shouldn't have even though the court papers weren't finalised yet.
My question is: why should we continue to pay for more than a year when it was due to the incompetence of the TN DHS that took 14 months for the new recalculated amount to take effect? What irked me most was the fact that my child was not even living with my ex anymore so since the custodian parent isn't required by law to provide accountability on what the money is to be used, this entire deal doesn't sound fair AT ALL. I wouldn't feel as bad if I knew the money was going directly to my child and not to pay my ex's mortgage.
I have two questions: Is there any way I can recoup the $7K I overpaid since it was the DHS's negligence? I understand states do not like to pay back money but I'm hoping they would apply that to the next child and having support stopped earlier.
I would have understood if there was a few months delay but it took them OVER A YEAR ! That doesn't sound right. I kept a log of every conversation I'd with them. And everytime I talked to them, they gave me no answers, lied continously that they were processing my paperwork when in actual fact they weren't and which resulted in this huge delay.
My question two is: do I need to file any Motion To Terminate Child Support in the state of TN since my last child will be turning 18 in April?
Thank you to all..I'm seriously at my wits end and need any advice I can get.

