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BugHogan
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Minnesota
My fiance would like to pursue back child support for his son. His son is 18 now, there was a case opened originally, because he was receiving medical assistance from the state for his son. The child support agency never made her pay, he filled out stack after stack of paperwork for them, only to have them tell him, "Oh, we can't pursue her for support because she's on public assistance". Another time they told him that the case would not be pursued because "she wouldn't cooperate".
His son's mother receives public assistance for his other two children that she has custody of. He pays child support faithfully and on time every month for them and has for the past 11 years. He also visits with the girls on a regular basis and had joint custody of them.
His point is that his son is entitled to the same support that his daughters have. Although he realizes his ex-wife is on public assistance, she is capable of working and is still obligated to support her child no matter what. She has been on public assistance for 11 years. He also feels if she has to pay support, she will have to get a job, thus making it better for his daughters as well. If she has a job and is getting his child support, she would be making ALOT more than just getting public assistance alone. I'm sure they wouldn't give her a very high child support obligation for his son, but it would really help, considering he wants to go to college and his Dad has really struggled to support him without help all these years.
Our questions are:
1. Is it true that Minnesota cannot pursue someone who is on public assistance for child support or are they just giving us the runaround? We thought that they could impute minimum wages at the very least to get him the support he deserves.
2. Can he pursue this without going through the agency and instead going directly through the courts? Can he file the paperwork on his own and how is that done? He doesn't have money for a lawyer, nor do I, can this be done without one?
3. Is it correct that he has a 2-year time limit to pursue this after his son turned 18?
Thank you in advance for any assistance you can provide. I apologize for the length of this post.
My fiance would like to pursue back child support for his son. His son is 18 now, there was a case opened originally, because he was receiving medical assistance from the state for his son. The child support agency never made her pay, he filled out stack after stack of paperwork for them, only to have them tell him, "Oh, we can't pursue her for support because she's on public assistance". Another time they told him that the case would not be pursued because "she wouldn't cooperate".
His son's mother receives public assistance for his other two children that she has custody of. He pays child support faithfully and on time every month for them and has for the past 11 years. He also visits with the girls on a regular basis and had joint custody of them.
His point is that his son is entitled to the same support that his daughters have. Although he realizes his ex-wife is on public assistance, she is capable of working and is still obligated to support her child no matter what. She has been on public assistance for 11 years. He also feels if she has to pay support, she will have to get a job, thus making it better for his daughters as well. If she has a job and is getting his child support, she would be making ALOT more than just getting public assistance alone. I'm sure they wouldn't give her a very high child support obligation for his son, but it would really help, considering he wants to go to college and his Dad has really struggled to support him without help all these years.
Our questions are:
1. Is it true that Minnesota cannot pursue someone who is on public assistance for child support or are they just giving us the runaround? We thought that they could impute minimum wages at the very least to get him the support he deserves.
2. Can he pursue this without going through the agency and instead going directly through the courts? Can he file the paperwork on his own and how is that done? He doesn't have money for a lawyer, nor do I, can this be done without one?
3. Is it correct that he has a 2-year time limit to pursue this after his son turned 18?
Thank you in advance for any assistance you can provide. I apologize for the length of this post.