sourpatch_babe
Junior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? FL
I posted another question regarding visitations for my husband and his daughter from his first marriage. I'm the one asking the questions because my husband is away in the military and has sporadic access to the internet. His divorce paperwork (divorced 12 years ago, if that makes any difference) set the amount of child support but it didn't specify that my husband had to pay it to the court. He always wrote his exwife a personal check for the amount and every so often he has raised the amount that he gives her (whether it's been her asking for more, or him getting a better job).
Right now he pays about triple what the papers said originally. He's kept each and every single checkbook since the divorce (has the checks with the copy, not the actual cashed check copy from the bank). He was just told that because the money came from his personal account and wasn't taken out of his paycheck/payable to the clerk of court, his exwife can take him to court and sue for arreas all the way back to the divorce. That a personal check is seen as a "gift" and not as child support. Is that correct? He's never been late and always gives the mom extra money for christmas/school/after school activities/braces etc. when the situations come.
I posted another question regarding visitations for my husband and his daughter from his first marriage. I'm the one asking the questions because my husband is away in the military and has sporadic access to the internet. His divorce paperwork (divorced 12 years ago, if that makes any difference) set the amount of child support but it didn't specify that my husband had to pay it to the court. He always wrote his exwife a personal check for the amount and every so often he has raised the amount that he gives her (whether it's been her asking for more, or him getting a better job).
Right now he pays about triple what the papers said originally. He's kept each and every single checkbook since the divorce (has the checks with the copy, not the actual cashed check copy from the bank). He was just told that because the money came from his personal account and wasn't taken out of his paycheck/payable to the clerk of court, his exwife can take him to court and sue for arreas all the way back to the divorce. That a personal check is seen as a "gift" and not as child support. Is that correct? He's never been late and always gives the mom extra money for christmas/school/after school activities/braces etc. when the situations come.