Q: My parents split when I was a kid and my mother had to pay child support for me and my brother
My dad then gave up custody of me and my brother to my grandparents. As far as I know my dad was still receiving that money and did not give a dime to my grandparents to help support us. Now that we are older (me 33 my brother 28) and now knowing that it was never paid to use to support us. Are we owed money from that .
Where can I find out who got paid the child support
And how do I find out if it was put away if my grandparents did get the money and set it in a bank for us now that they have passed away
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A: Though receipt of child support is the right of the child, the money is paid to a caretaker for the support of the child. Therefore no money would be owed to you. Any recourse for nonpayment would have been between your mother as the payor and your father as the payee and possibly your grandparents depending on what custody arrangement occurred. You could possibly obtain some information through the court clerk's office.
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