Legal Question in Family Law in Illinois

Back child support?

My parents divorced when i was approximately 7 years old, i am now 22. My father never paid childsupport. He had requested child support and visitation but the judge told him he would nto be able to pay where he was going ( he went to jail for raping my sister). My question is---would i or my mother be able to sue him for back-child support?


Asked on 8/22/06, 11:27 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

Robert Luedeman solo practitioner

Re: Back child support?

If there was a judgment support order in place your mother certainly could try and collect some of it. In particular, if she ever used state services, so much as asking for a single food stamp, the CSRU would be most interested in pursuing the matter.

Iowa Code Ch. 614.6 seems to support this.

6. Judgments of courts of record.

Those founded on a judgment of

a court of record, whether of this or of any other of the United States, or of the federal courts of the United States, within twenty

years, except that a time period limitation shall not apply to an action to recover a judgment for child support, spousal support, or a

judgment of distribution of marital assets.

All in all he doesn't sound like he's someone you'd want in your life, does it?

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Answered on 8/22/06, 11:51 pm


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