Dallas, TX asked in Family Law and Child Support for Oklahoma

Q: If my child moves back in with the her mother do I still receive back child support payments?

The mother never paid child support for 8 years because she was on drugs and chose other things besides her daughter. There is a court order for child support against the mother. A little over 2 years ago she started seeing my daughter again after my several attempts to get a hold of her. Now my daughter is 13 and decided she wants to live with her mother which is fine. In the past 8 or so years I've received about 500 dollars in child support and the balance on the child support web site is a little over 14,000. Does this back child support go away? I know her mother wont save up for my daughters future and now I'm worried I wont be able to pay child support (since my daughter is living with her mom now) and save for my daughters future. We haven't been back to court to make her the primary parent yet or modified anything its been about a week that she's been living with her mother now.

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Gary Johnston Dean
Gary Johnston Dean
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  • Pryor, OK
  • Licensed in Oklahoma

A: The $14k in back child support will not go away.

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