Q: I used to not be the custodial parent, now I am. I have arrears that are owed to DOR is there a way to get them wavied
My sons mother lost custody of our son. We had almost 50/50 time sharing. While my son was two, his mother took him away for a year and a half. I had no idea where they were. When I went to child support court they assessed back child support for that period. Since then I have full custody, she has no visitation and support has been stopped. She is not paying child support but I am supposed to still pay the arrears. Is there a way to stop this?
A: Legally you are responsible for child support that accrued while the child lived with mom. Why has support going forward been stopped? If mom were to have a support obligation now that might be able to be used to offset your arrearage. Mom could also agree to waive the arrearage.
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