Legal Question in Family Law in Texas

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Is there a statue of limitation where as you can ask for retroactive child support?

If there are arrears the non custodial parent owes in child support and a change in custody being that the non custodial is now the custodial.do the arrears owed to the other parent go away because of the change in custody?

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Asked on 3/30/10, 7:52 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Mark Dunn Mark D. Dunn

A change in custody doesn't affect a child support arrearage.

The exception would be where the order that changes custody expressly addresses the child support arrearage, for instance, if it contains a sentence that says something like, "Iit is further ORDERED that the Respondent JOSHUA RODROGUES does not owe any child suppor arrearage as of January 31, 2010."

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Answered on 4/05/10, 12:05 pm


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