Q: My ex and I have been divorced since 2012, he literally only paid one child support payment, can I get reimbursed?
We separated in 2010 and he owed back support from that time. My ex moved to Oregon after the divorce (from South Carolina) he worked under the table for a friend and lived with this friend until both kids were 18 (~5 years). South Carolina wouldn't do anything about collecting the money. I was told by the child support office that they couldn't do anything unless he was working and/or filing taxes. My kids are 25 and 27 now. He owes me at least 21,600. Can I still collect this money ? He now lives in Mississippi and has a job at a hospital.
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A: Yes, you can still collect this money.
A: You can always attempt to collect child support arrears, provided the state that governs those arrears does not have a statute of limitations that has run. However, it sounds like you have not had much looking using the Division of Child Support Services in various states to collect. Thus, you should consider hiring a private attorney to assist you in obtaining a judgment and then post-judgment collections, in order to help you actually obtain the money owed. If he is currently working, post-judgment collections procedures will be very important because a judgment doesn't help you much if you don't know how to collect on it.
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