Q: Child support payments were made to caregiver after child was thrown out. Any way for the child to get the money now?
My husband's mother sent him off to live with his extended family in KY when he was 14. He is now 30. We believe his mother signed a power of attorney granting her sister (my husband's aunt) the ability to make decisions related to her son, and guardianship was never officially established. My husband's aunt let him stay with her for a while, but she neglected him and did not ensure his medical needs were met. At the age of 16, she threw him out of the home and he had to go live with his grandparents instead (did she break any rules by throwing him out?). Later, when my husband was 17 or 18 and not living with his aunt, his biological father made a few child support payments to his aunt that we were not aware of until now. Is there any way for my husband to get that money from his aunt since he was not living with her and never saw any of it?
A: No. The statute of limitations ran on that cause of action about 11 years ago.
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