Legal Question in Family Law in New York

Ex spouse goes on public assistance
This the question from paranoia hell.
We lived for 6 years together before splitting. We are divorced for more that 10 years. She is married, but her husband nowhere to find (I think he went back to his country). I�d got joint custody of our doughtier when she was 12. Then when she was 18 I�d got full custody. Now she is 22. My ex never paid the child support; there is NY child support order and NY warrant for her arrest for non-payment. I�m in NY; she is in California, for now. My ex never worked, always lived of some BF or other her relative.
The question is, if my ex wife goes on any public assistance (she is 44 now), does any of those states (NY or CA or any other) can go after me for the contribution to her(my ex) assistance?

Asked on 5/03/09, 12:35 pm

Kristen Browde Browde Law, P.C.

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Re: Ex spouse goes on public assistance

Not to worry.

If she remarried, her most recent husband, not you, would bear any liability, which is far more theoretical than real.

Answered on 5/03/09, 12:39 pm

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