Aiken, SC asked in Child Support for South Carolina

Q: My child lives with me her mother kicked her out but I still pay child support to her what do I do to stop support

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Megan Hunt Dell
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Megan Hunt Dell
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  • Charleston, SC
  • Licensed in South Carolina

A: First, it will depend on whether there is an order giving you custody of your child. Unless/until you have such an order, you are likely to continue to be obligated to pay child support as previously established.

If there is already an order giving you custody of your child, then you can go back to the agency that first established child support and seek to have it modified -- this would either by by requesting a review of child support through DSS's administrative process or by filing a private action to modify child support.

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