Legal Question in Family Law in Florida

child support

I was court ordered to pay child support of 500.00 a month in 1998,my ex in 2002 started to give me the money back and didn't need payments no longer.So in 2005 she took me to court to say i just stopped paying and the judge believed that she told me not to pay anymore and she would not get back pay because of that,he told her to fill out an affidavit,she just left the courthouse and now 2 yrs. later she moved out of state and told child support i haven't payed since 2002,now they say i owe 28,000 in back pay.After the judge here told her she won't get back pay cuz she didn't need my money anymore.That she failed to tell the child support office in Wisconsin where she had recently moved to.Isn't it her fault for not filling out the affidavit as the judge told her to do so here in this state.


Asked on 1/11/07, 6:51 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Marie-Anne Oatley

Re: child support

I suggest contacting the agency that is trying to enforce the original decree. Explain to them that child support has been modified since then and ask them who you should send a copy of the last court order to. Get a copy from the 2002 court and send it where they tell you to send it. This is your proof that the original decree no longer applies (and that, apparently, is the only thing they are going on in trying to enforce arrearage of child support). Be sure to be nice and not angry when you call the agency.

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Answered on 1/11/07, 7:17 pm


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