Q: My child is now 31 years old. can I sue his father for arrearages that were owed in a child support case from 2006?
In 2006 they closed my child support case because both parents moved out of the state of Oregon even though my son was not of age. Colorado which is where I live now refuse to open a new case. I believe it was $4000 to $5,000 owed in arrearages. Now support enforcement is telling me I can reopen the case and they will investigate arrearages owed. He was court ordered to pay this support and they just cut it off so I need to know if I can go back and sue him for $ still owed? Paternity was already established and court orders were already put in place and now they've changed their child support system so they can't even tell me exactly how much my rearrages are. Support enforcement told me I have to file to reopen my case and they will have a team investigate. How can they just wipe out a rrearages with no notice?
A: If he owes arrears then you can collect it.
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