Q: Custodial parent lied to get child support after I took care of them for 16 and 14 years. What can I do?
My child's mother and I were together for 17 years. When we split up, she went to court for child support. I was not present because I did not get the subpoena. I started noticing money being taken out of my check. Child support office has told me that I am 69,000 dollars behind in support. I have records proving (from school) that the children lived in our home. She also was getting welfare at same address we lived. I have witnesses that can state that she and I were living together. It has been a few years since this has been taken out and I'm wondering if there is anything I can do? My son was 14 and my daughter was 16 when we split up and stopped living together. I was the only one working for well over 80% of the time. Can she do this to me? I now have a new child that I'm trying to support but it's difficult when I'm paying child support and my children are well over the age of 18 now.
A: You can hire an attorney and go back to court to try and fix the error.
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