Legal Question in Family Law in Florida
I am not sure if this the right place to post...because my situation is a complicated one at best...i have a ex wife of over 15 years whom now lives 2000 miles away from me in texas because i moved with my daughter whom she gave over custody to me just to get away from this crazy woman...i have custody or care of our Autistic daughter now who is 20 about to be 21...i receive on my daughters behalf as a Rep payee SSD for her and also Child support from my ex...my other daughter whom lives with my ex bought a plane tight in order for my daughter whom lives with me to come see them for the week of her 21st birthday...the conditions is my daughter behave and get a State ID which happened...but the next thing that happened was my ex wife then asked me for money for her expenses for her trip which i refused as i am not allowed to use her SSD for anything such as that...since then the woman has told me she is going to have me put in jail for multiple issues from quote un quote mismanaging my daughters funds to the fact that my daughter is over weight by my daughters own accord...she continues to threaten me with jail time saying i will get what is coming etc etc....and she does all of this in conversations with my daughter whom lives with me...i have tried to ignore...but my ex has on numerous occasions stirred issues for me and my current household...calling DCF which when they came saw the allegations unfounded! Now i use my daughter SSD and the child support to pay for her expenses from food to clothes to rent,elec as well as Dr Appt...and travel to and from appts etc. I need Advice or help in what to do because i know my ex even though it may go know where she will try to get me arrested by filing complaints with SSD and the child support offices etc....Please Help!!!
1 Answer from Attorneys
The daughters SSI belongs to the daughter and the RepPayee. It is not family money to be split by parents. As the daughter is over age 19 SSA generally doesn't care. /