Legal Question in Family Law in Mississippi
Child Support at my age
I have never received child support from my father and my mother never pursued it when I was a child. What are my chances of sueing my father for back child support now that I am 31 years old? It isn't the money but the principle of the matter. Thank You!
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: Child Support at my age
Child support is money which is to be used to
support a child.
Your mother might have been entitled to child
support had she sought it.
If she never sought it, there is NO "back support."
You yourself were NEVER entitled to money for child support.
So you have NO possible suit against your father for "child support."
If possible, have a long long chat with your
mother about things past, such as why she never
sought support. She might not have needed it or
she might have believed herself responsible for
the events which occurred -- from inception of you to
the end of the marriage.
Your efforts should be better spent AND your
thoughts would be healthier and more productive
if
they were focussed on getting to know your father,
having a chat with him, too, and
perhaps constructing a wonderful father-daughter
relationship.
What would you really gain by suing your father?
Absolutely nothing. And your potential would
certainly have nothing to
do with principle, which you mistakenly believe
supports your desire to sue him.
You have no idea, I suspect, of
why he wasn't in your life. Have you ever seen a picture of him? Do you know who he is?
If he was in your
life and it slipped your mind to tell us, then. . . .