What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Florida
I searched previous posts, but our situation is a bit different. Our daughter recently passed away; she had sole custody of her 6-year-old son by her ex-husband. Sole custody was granted because of our son-in-law's domestic violence and drug problems. We are involved because our daughter moved back in with us when she was pregnant, and we have helped raise our grandson and care for our duaghter, who was diagnosed with breast cancer shortly after the baby was born. (Sorry for all the backstory).
Our former son-in-law has been very involved with his son, but very irresponsible, and was almost $17000 in arrears at the time of our daughter's death. We understand that he will get custody and that child support will cease, as he is he sole surviving parent, but will his arrearage basically be "written off" because our daughter is deceased?
My husband is executor, and we would like to believe that, since our daughter paid for everything for her son despite court orders that were ignored, the court would enforce payment of arrearages to her estate that could be designated as trust funds for her son.
Any input would be appreciated.
I searched previous posts, but our situation is a bit different. Our daughter recently passed away; she had sole custody of her 6-year-old son by her ex-husband. Sole custody was granted because of our son-in-law's domestic violence and drug problems. We are involved because our daughter moved back in with us when she was pregnant, and we have helped raise our grandson and care for our duaghter, who was diagnosed with breast cancer shortly after the baby was born. (Sorry for all the backstory).
Our former son-in-law has been very involved with his son, but very irresponsible, and was almost $17000 in arrears at the time of our daughter's death. We understand that he will get custody and that child support will cease, as he is he sole surviving parent, but will his arrearage basically be "written off" because our daughter is deceased?
My husband is executor, and we would like to believe that, since our daughter paid for everything for her son despite court orders that were ignored, the court would enforce payment of arrearages to her estate that could be designated as trust funds for her son.
Any input would be appreciated.