My husband and I reside in the state of NY. His ex-wife resides in NC. Their 4 children range in age from 35 to 43 today. They divorced in 1974. Child support was ordered and my husband paid through payroll deductions from his Army paycheck. The Army sent the money directly to her. Later the ex-wife remarried and the new husband adopted the children in 1978. My husband's child support obligation stopped when this man adopted the children.
Flash Forward to today. My husband was contacted by CSE out of Austin, TX claiming that he owes over $100,000 in back child support. The man who called was verbally abusive and continued to call my husband a dead beat dad and that he was going to pay whether he liked it or not. He had absolutely no idea what the man was talking about! My husband eventually found out that the man was talking about the 4 children. My husband explained to CSE that the children were adopted back in 1978. This man knew nothing about the adoption. He was told by his ex-wife that my husband NEVER paid any support for the children!
Oh, but things didn't stop there. CSE is still harrassing us. We have obtained copies of the adoption papers and forwarded them to CSE. Even so, I know that we have not heard the last from these scumbags.
My question is, what legal rights do we have against this outfit and his ex? They have threatened him with wage garnishment, property leins and the whole nine yards. We recieved a copy of a lien notice that supposedly was sent to our county courthouse.![]()

