Can I be forced to pay back child support if the mother of my child was living in my home "rent free" for over a year with the baby? I understand paying for the support now that she is gone, but she wants back pay from date of birth!
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Unless you can prove you were supporting the child for that time you could very well be screwed. They're going to want to recipts and proof of mailing address and such. And I feel your pain. I've been both a client of child support and someone ordered to pay. As far as I can see that agency is useless. The money they're suppost to collect they refuse too if they actually have to do any work. And when soemoen is trying their damnest to pay they're the ones they go after. The rules they have encourage women to commit fraud by tricking men to get them pregnant or to lie to them about paternity. The guidlines are so out of wack that when you are ordered to pay if they go by them you can't afford to live. And if you can't pay due to circumastances out of your control like being laid off first tehy take your driver's liscence so you can't go get a job and tehn order you to get one. If you can't do that they throw you in jail. How is any of that good for the kids? It's not. It just makes it more likely they'l either be used as cash cows or abandoned.
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My husband has been going through the same thing for the last two years since he left his ex. He found out that she filed a claim for back child support for the previous 7 years while she was living with my husband and he was supporting her and their child. First you need to contatct the Child Support Acency and tell your case worker about you situation along with all your proof(address, bank statements, anything that has both your names on it). Then Contact the welfare fraud department and report her. It's a waiting game...
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I could be mistaken but I don't think the courts award retroactive support. It becomes effective the day the ruling/award
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They do award retroactive support, but if she was living in your home you ought to be able to prove you were providing support volluntarily for that period of time as I'm sure you paid many bills to provide a home and food for the child. That's the entire purpose of child support.
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NO. If you two share the same address, then they won't make you pay child support. They can't. You are not "absent". Child support is for children that have an absent parent that is not taking care of them every single day. Since you are there every day, there is no need for child support. Make sure you have proof, mail that was addressed to her there, get neighbors to give a written statements that she did indeed live there the whole time you say. I am sure she probably used that address for many things like doctors, applications for work, etc,
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