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DJsWife
My question involves child support in the State of: New York
Long intro story short...My dh was no angel in is past. Years before we ever got together, an woman he knew in hs accused him of fathering a child. Instead of dealing with the whole issue at the time, dh stuck his head in the sand, and eventually just packed his bags and moved out of state, avoiding dealing with the situation. Fast foward to 2001 - he and I meet, we get together, and in the process of cleaning of decade old speeding tickets, we find that drivers licesnse has also been suspended for failure to pay child support. Imagine the can of worms this opened - we had barely been together a year, and had just rented a house together. Meanwhile, dh's wages were being garnished for upwards of $100 a week, for a 13 year old that he had never met.
In that past 7 or so years, we hav filled out form, after form, after form, attending hearings, as the mother was constantly filing for cost of living adjustments. We were getting nowhere. We borrowed $2,5K from my parents about 3 years ago to hire an attorney to get us a DNA test and to vacate the order requiring my dh to pay support. We, with the help of a lawyer were successful in getting the DNA test, and the child is NOT his. Since that time, we have been battle with Dept. of Social Services over the arrears. According to them, dh still has to pay the arrears regardless of the fact that DNA proves tht child is NOT his. We have dealt with assest seizure as well a tax warrents. We are confused as to why he should be held responsible for these arrears, as this child was and is NOT his.
The latest and greatest is that his license has been suspended because of failure to pay, even though he has a weekly garnish of his wages. We have hit a road block. We don't know what to do, and hiring an attornery is just financialy impossible right now.
Any tips/suggestions of what we can do would be greatly appreciated.