Q: Man owes back child support 11000.00 arrears from child a with mother a . then has child b with child mom b.
He filed with court to get joint custody so he doesn't have to pay for child b. Will the judge look at back child support in child a before making a decision on child b
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A: Man wrongly assumes joint custody will relieve him of a child support obligation for child b. It likely will not. Child a has nothing to do with child b custody action per se but the fact that man owes a giant pile of back child support to child a will make him look very financially irresponsible and / or financially unable to have any sort of custody of child b let alone joint. Man needs to hire an attorney if he hasn't done so already.
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