Legal Question in Family Law in Michigan
I want to make my dead beat mother pay, how do i do it?
I am 21 almost 22 years old I have two younger sisters on is still not 18. My mother lost custody originally in the divorce because of abuse issues. she was suppose to pay $13.00 per week for 3 childeren because she told the court that she had such little income. She has since in the last 8 years developed her own company with her new husband and Im sure that they are making in the 6 figures collectively. the FOC was never told that she actually makes money. about 3 years ago she took out a lease and I cosigned on it, on the credit application for Chrysler financial she stated that she was the owner of her company and made almost $60,000 a year. the dealership wont give me a copy of that document they say its against the privacy law, I dont see how since its my mother and me on the document? anyways how do I go about getting the FOC to go and get the arrearages recalculated based on that income? by the way she only payed the $13.00 for a few months and then didnt pay it at all, she also is believed to have won a sexual discrimination suite against farmer jacks a few years ago possibly giving her 300,000 in the bank, how do i find out about that and have that included?
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: I want to make my dead beat mother pay, how do i do it?
You cannot go back and get retroactive child support per state law. You can only modify the support obligation for the future. therefore, all your efforts must be directed at raising her support obligations for the two younger children. Bill Stern