My question involves child support in the State of: Maryland.
My girlfriend and I had a child when we were in college. She left one day, and I have been a single father supporting our son on my own for over 10 years. Recently, a friend spotted her, and we were able to gather some details that include her address and recent legal action in which she was involved as a defendant.
We do not believe she is working at this time or, if she is, she does it very infrequently. She does come from a wealthy family, she is married, and she does have a number of assets including a house, a car and other property.
I am considering petitioning the state for child support. My son is 13 at this point, and I am mainly interested in support as a way of ensuring we have something saved for his college expenses (he's very bright, and I have not been able to put anything away all these years). I understand it is possible to receive retroactive child support going back as many as 4 years, but I have not found any information on that specific to the state of Maryland.
Can someone help me understand what I might actually be able to expect? My understanding is that hiring an attorney would cost from $5k to $10k, and I really want to understand what the net result might be before retaining someone.
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