Q: My mom has been claiming child support my father has sent her for the past 6 years even though I have been emancipated.
New York State. Did not receive a single dollar even though the money is supposed to be to support myself? Have lived on my own and didn’t go to college. She received 6,000 in arrears from my father is she entitled to keep all of that from me???
A: Child support is paid to the parent until the child is 21. If the monies your dad is paying is arrears, then it is money that was due while you were living with her. The money is due to her.
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