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Caitline69
My question involves a child custody case from the State of: NY
SS has been residing with us for the past year. Bit of ups and downs, leaving home, coming back home. He's 18, turns 19 in November. This most recent bout, he's been out of the house for a week now and states that he has no intentions of returning. He's obtained a job, and isn't worried about getting his GED or Diploma.
Court order out of NY state for his mother to be paying bi-weekly support. She has apparently taken it upon herself to no longer pay support even though she still owes over $2000 in arrears, although the tally is now up to $3000 since she's missed the last two payments. Last payment received was back on June 19th. We have received no paperwork from the court establishing a court date, or have been served with paperwork stating that support is being terminated. This is just something that she's doing on her own since for some reason, the Judge deemed to let her mail her payments in instead of having it automatically deducted from her pay.
What can be the expected outcome of this? Not too worried about the current, since SS has stated he's not coming home, but he's said that before only to show up on the doorstep a week later asking to be let back in. Do the arrears just go away? Are there legal ramifications for either party with her just refusing to pay and the support order still being in effect?
Thank you.