Legal Question in Family Law in Ohio

If the father lives outside USA and decides to stop child support, is the 2nd h
Father & Mother are not U.S. citizens. They moved back to their homeland and got divorced. Mother has custody; Father is paying child support. Mother moves to USA with kids to get married to an American and live in USA. At some point, the father might stop paying child support because his kids moved to USA. If the new marriage to husband #2 fails, will the Ohio judge decide that since the children's father is outside the court's reach, then the next guy in line to pay child support is husband #2? What would the judge decide if the new couple did not marry, but lived together and split up after a few years? Does this change the formula?

Can a pre-nup prevent a judge from placing the child support burden on husband #2? If so, how should it be worded?

Thank you.

p.s. - I would like to bring this awesome woman to the US and get her away from a hell-hole in her homeland, but if our court system is going to hammer me with more child support burdens if things don't work out, then I run the risk of bankruptcy and creating my own hell-hole here. The father & I earn nearly the same (80K); the mother about 12K. The court system scares the heck out of me. :(

Asked on 12/18/02, 5:18 pm

Aaron Miller Robert Aaron Miller Co., L.P.A.

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Re: If the father lives outside USA and decides to stop child support, is the 2

The second husband has no liability for child support unless there is an adoption of the children.

Answered on 12/19/02, 9:23 am

Stephen Daray Sciangula & Daray

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Re: If the father lives outside USA and decides to stop child support, is the 2

No way unless the second husband adopts the children.

Answered on 12/18/02, 9:37 pm

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