Questions about family law...

hyperion0616 · August 2013

So...my crazy mother kept all the child support money that my dad gave her over the years..

Now that I'm on my own, is there any way I could get a hold of it?

She doesn't deserve my dad's hard earned money, especially not with the way she has treated me.

Ilumine · August 2013

While this is a question for a lawyer and your state's laws/legal precedent, I have to ask...did she provide a roof over your head, food for your stomach, appropriate clothing (ie ones that were clean, fit properly and did not have holes), ensure that you got to medical care and made it to school?

alecia_kasher · August 2013

I'm a paralegal in Colorado and how it works here is that any child support given to a parent is to cover the monthly costs of living for that child. Technically, that money is not yours. If your mother had decided to save it and give it to you, she could, but she's not required to do so. The money is strictly to cover living costs for the child.

TarponMonoxide · August 2013

To be frank,no.

Even if you have evidence that she kept it, it is in her possession. The money went to her, not to you directly.

If she dies and wills it to you, another story.

Sorry for your tough luck. Some people sure are nuts. HOpe you didn't encounter hardship because of your mother.

DaringMiss · August 2013

What time period are we talking about?

If you were a small child and your mother was providing food, shelter and other necessities, the child support provided that.

If you were over the age of 18 and not living under her roof, but the child support was still being paid to her, your father would be entitled to the money back. It would be his option to give it to you.

If you were in college and the child support was supposed (as directed by the CO) to go towards your room and board and those funds were NOT applied or given to you, you might be entitled to them.

Sillygirl45 · August 2013

I'm confused as to how she "kept the money". Did she not provide for you? Pawn you off on relatives and not give them money? If this is not the case, then no. You are not entitled to it. Child support is just that. Money to help provide for the child until they are of age. If she did that, it's hers. If not, he should have petitioned for custody.

loves2shop4shoes · August 2013

Um. Seriously?

The money was never yours. It was your father's, and then he legally owed it to your mother. Now it's your mother's. If your father wanted to give YOU money, he would have.

Legally, if your mother provided you with food, clothing, and shelter, then the money is rightfully hers. If your mother did not do those things, then your father could have appealed to the court to get his money back/stop paying. But legally, you have no right to this money whatsoever.

The only way you'd ever see this money, assuming of course that your mother still has it, is if she dies and either wills it to you or dies and DOESN'T will it to someone else, and you get it through common law.

I'll be honest though...I think the fact that you're asking is really bratty.

Kimbus22 · August 2013

It's child support for her to provide basics for her child. I'm assume she fed and housed you until you were 18. You're now an adult. It's not a backdated allowance.

MrsS728 · August 2013

The money your mother received as child support, supported you. Your mother paid for a roof over your head, clothes on your body, food in your belly. Trust me. You DID get that money.

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