Legal Question in Family Law in Mississippi

Child Support

Hi...Thank you in advance for your help. I was wondering if a man avoided child support for years with cash paying jobs, if there was ever a time limit to collect on the backtime he owed. My father never paid for his 5 kids, he was suppose to pay $50 a month & never paid a dime, I was 7 at the time of the divorce. My mother never tried to make him pay, she just let it go. But now after many years, he has come into $600,000 & still don't offer a dime & we're just curious if there was anyway he could still be liable for any backtime. Also, would the court order still be on file after 30 years?

Thank You.


Asked on 7/06/06, 10:40 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Mary Milek Milek Law Firm

Re: Child Support

Sorry, seven years is the limit.

� 15-1-43. Limitations applicable to actions founded on domestic judgments or decrees.

All actions founded on any judgment or decree rendered by any court of record in this state, shall be brought within seven years next after the rendition of such judgment or decree, and not after, and an execution shall not issue on any judgment or decree after seven years from the date of the judgment or decree.

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Answered on 7/08/06, 10:57 am


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