Q: My daughter is choosing to move in with non custodual parent, does he have to continue to pay his child support?
Recently we had a dcf action plan and my child went with another family member until the case was closed. She was able to come back in my home. However she decided to move in with her father back in MD. I am custodual parent and he pays court ordered child support and we have court ordered visitation order as well. He is currently behind and she hasn't even moved in yet. He has already told me is not going to pay now since she going to be with him.
A:
First, he will still owe any arrearage that has accumulated.
Second, he needs to modify the current court order to change the child support obligation. Once he does that he may not owe any new support going forward.
Stephen Arnold Black agrees with this answer
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