What is the name of your state? California
I'm single and I'm raising my seventeen year old nephew. I rented my mother's house about eleven years ago. Ten years ago my sister and my nephew moved in with me temporarily. She ended up staying five years. My sister is a drug addict, crystal meth being her drug of choice. Five years ago my mother moved back into the house and had my sister evicted. The drugs and the craziness were just too much. My sister left the state and left my nephew with me, which was fine. I'd been raising him with no help from her since he was seven anyway. He's more like my son than my nephew.
The state (California) has been taking child support out of the father's paycheck since my nephew was four. It's mandatory. I asked my sister to send me the child support checks so I could save it for my nephew's college education. She refused to send it. I had his father contact the people with the state that administer to tell them that my nephew was living with me and that his mother was living in a different state (Nevada). They sent her a letter asking if my nephew was living with her and she lied. They never presued it any further and my sister has continues to take my nephew's child support.
Six months ago my sister showed up at my door and asked if she could stay for two weeks until she could get a place. She's still here and she has contributed nothing. My mother is selling the house and I need to move into an apartment. My mother and I have been sharing expenses and she has been very helpful, but that is coming to an end. I need that child support money now, and of course my sister still refuses to give it up. I barely make enough to pay rent and the boy's got to eat. My request of his child support is more than reasonable, but I don't know if I have a legal leg to stand on since I don't have legal custody of the boy.
I would like to have future child support directed to me and force her to pay back support. I consider what she has been doing to be stealing money from her own son. Not only am I not going to have money for his education, it's going to be very difficult to get by as I continue to care for him. He deserves better.
Could someone please give me a little direction? I would very much appreciate it. I don't have a clue as to what to do.
Thank you SO much!
I'm single and I'm raising my seventeen year old nephew. I rented my mother's house about eleven years ago. Ten years ago my sister and my nephew moved in with me temporarily. She ended up staying five years. My sister is a drug addict, crystal meth being her drug of choice. Five years ago my mother moved back into the house and had my sister evicted. The drugs and the craziness were just too much. My sister left the state and left my nephew with me, which was fine. I'd been raising him with no help from her since he was seven anyway. He's more like my son than my nephew.
The state (California) has been taking child support out of the father's paycheck since my nephew was four. It's mandatory. I asked my sister to send me the child support checks so I could save it for my nephew's college education. She refused to send it. I had his father contact the people with the state that administer to tell them that my nephew was living with me and that his mother was living in a different state (Nevada). They sent her a letter asking if my nephew was living with her and she lied. They never presued it any further and my sister has continues to take my nephew's child support.
Six months ago my sister showed up at my door and asked if she could stay for two weeks until she could get a place. She's still here and she has contributed nothing. My mother is selling the house and I need to move into an apartment. My mother and I have been sharing expenses and she has been very helpful, but that is coming to an end. I need that child support money now, and of course my sister still refuses to give it up. I barely make enough to pay rent and the boy's got to eat. My request of his child support is more than reasonable, but I don't know if I have a legal leg to stand on since I don't have legal custody of the boy.
I would like to have future child support directed to me and force her to pay back support. I consider what she has been doing to be stealing money from her own son. Not only am I not going to have money for his education, it's going to be very difficult to get by as I continue to care for him. He deserves better.
Could someone please give me a little direction? I would very much appreciate it. I don't have a clue as to what to do.
Thank you SO much!