Q: Can the custodial parent of a child file for back child support of a now 26 year old even though they never filed before
My biological father is apparently paying child support for another child he is responsible for. I was just wondering if there was any way to make him take the responsibility he should have taken a long time ago by paying child support for me. He knew I existed, he’s listed as the father on my birth certificate, and I also have his last name. My mother never filed for child support against him when I was a child. Now that I’m an adult, I have student loans and medical bills to pay for and if he had paid child support all those years I may not be in as much debt as I am now. I just want to know if legally we can make him pay anything to me.
A:
Usual rule is child support starts from the filing of the paternity case or when the other parent is served with the summons.
Child support ends at age 18 or finishing high school but no later than age 19.
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