Is a 25 year old written agreement between a ex husband and myself still liable to be paid even though it's that old

Question

I satisfied a very large judgment against my ex husband for back child support with the stipulation that I received a one-time lump sum payment I never received my payment and this was 25 years ago can I still is he still tell liable to pay me and if so how do I do it I was thinking in a letter of intent and demand for payment I don't know what to do here

Joanne Reisman · Answer

Are you saying that you filed a satisfaction of judgment with the court for the amount owed but enver got paid?  If that is what you are saying, I am not sure if you can still do something about this.  You will need to consult with an attorney and discuss this.  The potential problems you have is even if you can go to the court and set aside the satisfaction you filed, the judgment may have expired as there is a time limit for collecting child support judgments - I think it is 25 years after the payment in question was first due.  So an attorney would have to help you figure out if any of the payments would be still collectible.  Second, the agreement you refer to sounds like a type of contract and usually there is a deadline to sue for breach of contract which is 5 or 6 years from the time that it is breached.  So depending on when the payment was due under the terms of the contract, it may or may not be too late to sue for breach of that contract.  There are other factors such as whether you received a partial payment which may have triggered a new time period to collect the debt.  Again, it's a problematic situation that will require a one on one meeting with an attorney to figure out what if any rights you still have.

Q: Is a 25 year old written agreement between a ex husband and myself still liable to be paid even though it's that old