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Husband has discovered he may or may not be the father of a 32 yr old adult child. What are his legal obligatons if true?

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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by lizzie:
[b]Husband has discovered he may or may not be the father of a 32 yr old adult child. What are his legal obligatons if true? [/b]<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

My response:

Unless the 32 year old is mentally incapacitated (that is, has already been adjudged by a court to be mentally incompetent), then the purported father has absolutely no liability. Any Statute of Limitations concerning liability for child support has passed long ago.

IAAL



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What are the Statute of Limitations for the state recovering welfare paid to the mother from the father ?

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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by usdeeper:
[b]What are the Statute of Limitations for the state recovering welfare paid to the mother from the father ?[/b]<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>


My response:

Excellent question. Since this is, however, a State specific question, I can only talk about California.

In California, for example, there is a 3 year Limitation period beginning from the date of last payment by the Public Agency to obtain a judgment for such arrearages, and then a 20 year period to attempt and gain collection of such Public funds based upon that judgment.

These Statutes are tolled if the owing parent is out of the originating State during the 3 year period, and cannot be located. Once located, however, the Public Agency can have the judgment converted to a Sister-State judgment and can then proceed with enforcement in that State of residence.

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