I agree with Mr. Knowitall. It is very difficult to prove this time of activity without having the child turn against the parent in question. If child support was court ordered and was paid in accordance and at the time the child was complaining of lack of neccessities, it should have been addressed then. And a licence is not considered a "essential" neccessity. Unless the child was physically locked in a room or confined to the home, they are free to walk away (dependant on the age, a small child usually doesn't make too many decisions on their own, but 12 and up usually are quite vocal especially when things are not going their way). A judge would certainly wonder the motives of the claim, I would assume the child is now estranged from the other parent and has no contact what so ever. A judge would probably question the child (if old enough) but honestly I don't even think you can substaniate a case for this. Unless the child wants to sue the parent, but the grounds for it have to be very strong and most likely ties would be severed for good.