Legal Question in Family Law in Texas
We have raised from age 2 a young woman now 22 years old. She is not biologically related to us. My son was married to her mother but they divorced after 6 yrs of marriage. In the 20 year that we took total responsibility of this young woman, including insuring her on my husbands company insurance plan and our auto insurance we have NEVER been compensated by the mother, the common-law husband of the mother, the biological father nor any of the biological grandparents, not so much as a pair of socks. This young woman has multi-learning disabilities and emotional issues. My question is, though she is now an adult can I bring some type of legal action towards these people to help with expenses? She deserves better from these deadbeats and has for many years. I want to get their attention and to publicly make other such families aware that they too are legally responsible for the care and well being of their children/grandchildren.
1 Answer from Attorneys
You waited too long - pity!
You should have file for custody & had the parents pay your child support. Unfortunately, she is now over the age of 18.
If you need a guardianship over her, I don't know if it is too late to have a court order her parents to support her for the rest of her life. You can re-post and see if a probate attorney answers.
There was a lot that you could do while she was a minor child.
Can she apply for disability through Social Security?
If you want to do so, you can now adopt her as an adult - very simple to do.
Call me if you want to discuss adoption of an adult.
Bless you!
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