Q: I was ordered to pay support for my son in texas but still had visitation, short after he lost custody, do I still owe?
Back in 2006 I was ordered to pay but the father had told the courts he didnt know where I was which was a lie. He always knew where I was at all times. So I never received any court papers of this order . They ordered $120/month plus a retroactive over 5 yrs totaling almost $6,000. Shortly after this court for the child support the father got into some trouble and and CPS was involved and was removed from him and later on my son was adopted by another family member and I knew nothing about any of this and was completely in the dark about every bit of it. Now all these years later there saying I owe almost $30,000 in back child support. If my son was taken from his father by CPS and was adopted out less then a year after my child support ordered was issued am i still obligated for all this money owed since his father lost his rights?
A: Typically adoption terminates a child support obligation. You would not owe the father for the time the child spent out of his care, however you might owe the state for the portion of time between when the state took custody and when the child was adopted out. Talk to an attorney about help terminating the order and getting the award retroactively reduced.
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