Legal Question in Family Law in California

My son is 17 and is living with his father bow. I want to agree to custody but his dad owes me $64,000.00 in back support. Is it mandatory that I pay child support or can we agree to no child support and I will waive the arrears?


Asked on 11/30/10, 2:56 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

Child support is mandatory, but you can almost certainly get an order off-setting what you will owe against what he owes, and then you can still collect the balance of what he owes.

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Answered on 12/06/10, 4:48 pm


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