Legal Question in Family Law in Texas
I live in Texas and my son lives in North Carolina. About 10 years ago he changed his last name to his mother's last name for school reasons. This past year he graduated college. The state of Texas is claimimg I owe 45,000.00 in arrearages claiming 35,000.00 is princible and 10,000.00 in interest. North Carolina claims I owe 6,203.47 in back support.I pay , and have been paying 400.00 plus a month for over 10 years and cannot seem to make any progress in getting my princible down. My question is does the State of Tx have a legal right to continue to make me pay if I was to move to another state. I have no problem with NC saying I owe 6,000.00 and my numbers are more in line with that amount.I have had my wages garnished and income taxes for the past 20 years sent to pay child support. Am I legaly obligated to repay the amount Tx is claiming?
Thank you in advance for any help you might offer John Radzai
1 Answer from Attorneys
Texas will come after you for back child support, and they can cross state lines to do it. There's a special law called UIFSA (Uniform Interstate Family Support Act) that helps them do it.
Interest on past due child support is 6% in Texas. A $45,000 arrearage accumulates $187.50 per month in interest, every month.
The answer is: Unless there are some other special circumstances (such as payments you made that weren't credited), you owe the money, and Texas has the right to try to collect it.
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