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    Default Negligence in Pursuing Child Support

    My biological father has never been sued for child support. My mother never pursued the resources to find him, get his identification information, in order to properly sue. The same goes for another sibling and their father.

    Can we sue her for negligence? The resources were always available to see this out, but she failed to, basically, out of bitterness and shame.

    Furthermore, she did not exhaust all the resources available to us as a family so that we would progress. She even sabotaged many opportunities for her family in terms of securing education, even gaining counseling and personal development. She even instigated against me socially, specifically targeting my efforts to obtain education and opportunity, with her peers as well as my own. As a mother, she took confidential information and used it so that I would not progress in life. An example would be, telling people who had ill intent towards to where I was attending school, where I lived and where I worked. The has lead to stalking, and penetration of my social circles.

    I feel that, now that we are adults, we've been stunted because of her lack of effort. She worked hard, but began insisting that our education was not important. She even sabotaged our relationships with paternal family members (they tried to fill in for our fathers not being there for us) who wanted to sponsor our involvement in community organizations like the Girl Scouts, or mentor us in areas she, as a mother, could not fill.

    As an adult, I feel that she took the anger she held towards our fathers out against me and my sibling by deliberately misparenting us.

    Also, since me and sibling are now adults would it be possible to pursue our fathers for child support ourselves, as they never met their financial obligations as fathers.

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    Default Re: Neglegence in Pursuing Child Support

    Um, no.

    You can't sue your mom because you think she should have given you more stuff or "penetration of your social circle" whatever the hell that means.

    It wasn't mom's job to create a relationship with your dad and his family. That was dad's job. He, apparently, didn't find it important.

    You can't sue dad because any monies would belong to mom, not to you... even if there was still a possibility to sue... since you are all over 18, that ship has sailed.

    I recommend counseling to get over your anger on this issue.

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    Default Re: Neglegence in Pursuing Child Support

    I feel that, now that we are adults, we've been stunted because of her lack of effort
    Mom didn't have a legal DUTY to expend the type of efforts you're describing.


    As an adult, I feel that she took the anger she held towards our fathers out against me and my sibling by deliberately misparenting us.
    That's possible, but legally irrelevent. She's allowed to misparent, so long as that "misparenting" doesn't involve physical neglect or abuse. Children aren't entitled to much - food, clothing, shelter, clean water. Parents are also legally mandated to ensure that children attend school as required by state law - and nothing more. Beyond that, children have to survive their parents and their shortcomings.

    Any child support would be owed to your MOTHER, not you.

    While you may have every right to be bitter over your upbringing, you have no case against mom. And, note that mom wasn't the ONLY one "at fault" for your upbringing - it appears that dad didn't pursue his legal rights to be present or provide support either.

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    Default Re: Neglegence in Pursuing Child Support

    There are a few states that allow a minor to pursue uncollected child support after reaching adulthood; but when you choose not to follow the instruction to identify your state all we can really do is tell you to research your state's laws and find out what they say.

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